I wonder about the $51MM total. When Cuban went on ESPN radio Thursday night, he said that he was paying Finley $15.5MM per year. You do the math.
But still, to answer your question, no. Cuban didn't have to waive Finley. He chose Dough Christie and a bunch of million dollars instead. Now, then, Christie is retired and Finley is burying daggers in our ass in the playoffs.
As I said, I hope it was worth it. It takes a lot of fucking up to disembowel a WCF team that has Dirk on the roster.
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