I believe you only pay the remaining portion of his contract.forgive my English. i have two question russ has a Contrack i think 47 million. he was with the fakers little more then half the season so if they buy him out is it for the full 47 million ? or did the fackers pay him for the time he was with them and the remainder of the money owed to him is less now so the buy out for the jazz will be less ? thanks have a great day.