No... he won't be cut... he will be traded or kept (at least through the trade dealine). You cut a guaranteed salary early in the year it limits you trade and capwise.
The Jazz have cut a lot of players on guaranteed salaries. It is far from being out of the question.
I know it has happened... I think this season is unique though. We are close to the tax with limited options of improving. We have a good team with win-now expectations and some serious financial considerations with the tough economy. If you cut him then it limits your ability to slip below the tax if you do other things... it limits your ability to match salary in trades. It locks you into his cap hit being 3.5M and I think at very least you could move him to a team below the cap with some $$$ and it will be a cheap flier on a young guy for them. Detroit has done this a handful of times and I could see them being the other side of the TB transaction (if there is one).
Now let’s go back a few years so jazzfanz can un-cut my guy and cut dedEx instead.
If we get use of a time machine I hope we would use it for something better than fixing something that was never broken.
This is easily one of the dumbest shticks in the history of JFC. The other one that comes to mind is whoever said “idiot!” to everything for years and years.
Its over... we voted for no more cuts. Niang survived.
