I think that is slightly overstated... I think Morey just prefers to cash in late firsts for the certainty of good players.
If they really wanted to do a money saving move they could waive Green and we could take Korkmaz into our trade exception and we could grab the pick or Thybulle as the sweetner... but that means Ryan would have to invest a little more in this team.
I don't think it's overstated because they have to shed some salary for Tucker.