07-27-2026, 04:27 PM
(07-27-2026, 03:36 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: One question about Klay (especially for Dan and Gump) - if we do buy out Klay, is the money we don't pay him subtracted from this year's payroll for soft cap/tax/apron purposes? If so, that would be another reason to buy him out; if not, since his whole salary would be dead money on the books which we then couldn't trade away, that would make me dig in several times over on being opposed to buying him out.
If Klay is bought out (ie, paid a reduced salary in exchange for being able to e a FA), then it's the reduced amount he is paid that continues to be on the books. (Same is true if there is no reduction, of course.) I would assume it would not be stretched, but rather just be accounted on this year.