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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 1027182" data-attributes="member: 4199">The problem with your math is you're looking at cash outlay vs. cap accounting.You cannot look at the 20M (well, 19m and change) as being part of his salary for this year.  You end up spiraling and making a poor argument.  You can debate if the contract was good or not at the time it was signed, but the 20M isn't for this year.  It was the money he got on day 1, year 1 before the ink was even dry PLUS a restructure.  (I can't find his original contract, only the one in its current state with the current cap).You could argue that letting him leave while taking the 20M dead cap is wasteful, but we're getting close to sunk cost fallacy territory now.His actual salary, the money he is entitled to this year and what we stand to save if he's gone is a 9.5M roster bonus (March 1st), 10.7M salary, and a 700k workout bonus.  That's roughly 20M of new cash.We'll know the decision by the 1st.  If they plan to move on from him, they won't pay it.  That's the whole point of a big roster bonus like this.  Either he's worth it and they extend him to avoid paying it or you have your drop-dead date.  Maybe they (both sides) agree to push back the date to facilitate a trade.</blockquote>

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