Okur had to be out there during the Sloan era. He was key to floor spacing and flow of our offense.
Just the fact that there is Raja Bell apparel is a surprise to me.
They have to pay to whole contract, all contracts are guaranteed. And the whole contract doesn't come off the books. 25% of their contract would count towards the cap.
The waived player gets paid his contract, regardless, it just doesn't count against the salary cap/luxury tax for the waiving team.In other words, the team that uses the Amnesty Clause on a player will only be responsible for the remaining salary balance if the player is signed by another team. In addition, it sounds like the Amnestied (is this a word?) player doesn't get to choose where they play, highest bidder wins!
If we knew Kanter would be decent, I would suggest we amnesty Jefferson.
He messes up our team chemistry anyways, and if we are trying to teach the young guys and get them minutes we might want to do this anyways.
Food for thought.
I'm not bashful about my visions of a Jeffersonless Jazz, but he should have AT LEAST enough value so the Jazz don't have to face paying him to not even be here and getting absolutely nothing in return besides minutes and their offense back.
Wait...
Amnestying Jefferson is so crazy I can't believe I'm writing this.