Ford Prefect
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In reading Kings fans' disgust with the Dubois contract and talking about a 1/3 buyout, it made me think of an option, but I'm not sure if it violates any CBA/league rules. Let's suppose the Kings trade Dubois to team B for the purpose of buying out the contract. Can LA retain 50%, and have Team B buy him out, thus spreading his buyout across both teams? So in years 27-28 to 29-30 when the cap hit is ~3.8 million, they would each be on the hook for 1.9 instead (subject to the adjustment made for the Kings benefit of receiving cap relief this year on actual salary/aav). I'm not asking the price or if any team would want to have dead space on their books for the next 14 years. I'm just wondering if it's legal. (can obviously be used in any buyout scenario, not just this one).
Seems like it's right up @mouser alley.
Seems like it's right up @mouser alley.