Petteri Koponen to be bought out

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    No, that's not the case with Ricky. The immigrants did not sign the contract making the cost of the ride an inordinate amount. Ricky did. HE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH A HIGH BUYOUT AMOUNT. Done. Finito. Finis. End-of-story. If he didn't want to be greedy and sign a six-year deal to make millions over the last couple of years, he didn't have to.
     
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    It took indentured servants more than 6 years to work it off. After reforms, 7 years became the ideal, but many contracts were longer, especially before reforms. Poor hungry Ricky was LESS selfish than them, and more lucky, signing for only 6 years. For the better part of the next decade, while he labors in the sweatboxes of the Minneapolis TV studios making pointless, repetitive, dehumanizing ads, humming "Swing low, sweet chariot, Lord's coming to carry me away" let's all remember that it was the advent of unions which saved the rest of us from his travails.
     
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    I'm pretty sure the players' union signed off on the CBA that made a cap of $500k on what owners could pay towards buyouts.

    And that 6 year contract isn't his MIN one...it's the one he signed with Barcelona in 2009 AFTER he was drafted by the Timberwolves. Which was a new contract over the one he signed in 2007 with Joventut, again stipulating a large salary (at the expense of having a large buyout).
     
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