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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The closer you get to the end the easier it is though. Plus, under the fact scenario laid out, he might be an attractive add for a team with retention.
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The thing is it's not..In his last year, if you buy him out, you're still paying $6.833 million. At those numbers, unless he's totally useless, you gain more having him on the roster than buying him out and paying for a replacement.
If you buy him out with 2 years left, you actually add cap in the second last year and then save about $4.4 million in the last year.
If you buy out with 3 years left, the cap savings become:
$2,388,889
$-111,111
$4,388,889
$-1,111,111
$-1,111,111
$-1,111,111
That's horrendously bad for a buyout. How do you sell the owners paying out over $20 million to do that?