A disabled player exception allows teams to replace an injured player with a player whose salary is worth up to the Non-Taxpayer Midlevel Exception. Players whose injuries allow for DPEs to be approved are more likely than not unable to play through June 15. Seven months have passed since Tatum tore his achilles tendon in May during the Celtics' second-round exit against the Knicks. He has posted video clips of himself working out on social media.