The transition tag is still used - but just like the Franchise tag, each situation dictates use or no use. There could easily be a year when no team uses it.
Here's an explanation of sorts
"a team can give a player one of three designations -- an exclusive-rights franchise tag, which means he cannot negotiate with another team and could at the very least re-sign with his original club for one year at the average of the top five league-wide salaries at his position; a standard franchise tag, which means he is entitled to the same salary for a year, but another team could sign him as long as it gives his original club two first-round draft picks, and a transition tag, which means the player could at the very least re-sign with his original club for one year at the average of the top 10 salaries at his position and would have seven days to match any contract offer he receives from another team.
Got that? Oh, and it is also possible for a team to trade a player with a franchise tag, but must do so the same day the player signs the one-year franchise agreement or will be responsible for that player's cap figure.
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