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Originally Posted by Five-ofan
Why would we amnesty dojo or roddy? They both make peanuts
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The same reason they'd amnesty Haywood: to get slightly under the cap, or better still - to get under the tax threshold, which is even more of an issue now that they've wasted a tax year on Lamar Odom. Yuck.
In a tax or no tax situation, dropping Jones or Beaubois off of the books could potentially save quite a bit. And remember, as bad as Haywood was this year, he's not in danger of falling out of the rotation any time soon, even if they sign a new starter (please, please, please).
Cuban is going to look long and hard for an alternative to paying tons of money for an experienced player to go contribute to another team while also having to pay MORE money to replace that player on THIS team. With Jones or Beaubois, he won't have that issue - it'll be just like the Fernandez/Brewer trade in a way.