You can't bring up "commercial reality" in one sentence and then say the Jazz are willing to throw away next season by letting Al and Paul walk.
If commercial reality is important to the Jazz, then Al will be back. The Jazz have to spend the money anyways, Al likes it here, he puts up good numbers, and the Jazz are very profitable for a small market team.
You can't have it both ways.
If commercial reality is important, Al will be the "guy" this year and the next five.
If winning a title is their goal, Al won't play anymore this year.
If you can't we that...
Actually to be honest, Cap flexibility is arguably more important now too with revenue sharing.
So if anything they'll lean towards cap flexibility (i.e., not signing a bad, long term contract for Al) rather than selling more tickets.