I believe it is a bidding process on waivers, so you can bid how much you want to pay with the team that bids the most getting the player.
The bidding process actually starts once he clears waivers (which he will, as the 6ers got a first to take on his contract). Once he clears, then hes a free agent teams can offer money to. If the C's wanted to take a chance, they still have a portion of the MLE left, and so can offer him more than the minimum, and thus beat other teams' offers, by about double.
The process you're thinkng of only applies to amnestied players.