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Originally Posted by Jiggy
They've bought out players in the past which is the same thing as retaining on a trade.
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Well I'm not exactly sure about that. Buyouts save the team 1/3 of the remaining salary to be paid (assuming none of it is paid in signing bonuses) so it effectively saves the team money on that player.
You can say that the team will then just go out and sign another player for the cap that is saved. That would be correct, but they still have to operate within the salary cap.
Retaining salary effectively allows teams to buy cap space. Buyouts do not do that.