buckalis
Trainer of Don Diego de la Vega
It would probably help you to just forget the 125 rule exists
Quite simply
"teams over the cap can acquire no more than 125 percent plus $100,000 of the salaries they trade away. A team can receive up to $3 million cash in any trade."
That's it man. That's all it means
"A team" is the key words... there can't be "a team" with less than 13 contracts... (deng doesn't count - he is a stretch). Lakers now have 65M with only 7 contracts for the 19/20 season, if they add another 5 + P.G (33M) they go over the cap...