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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
But a buyout typically saves real money, in exchange for long term cap implications. Not sure what you mean by immediate cost in this case. The only reason against a Neal buyout is the dead cap money, right? Which is an awfully big reason.
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Im guessing he means soon as they buy a player out, they have to cut a cheque for the 1st year. whereas had he stayed on the roster the salary gets paid out over the course of 9 months if the buyout happens in July as they typically do.
In Neals case that would have been somewhere around 3.9 million.