Exclusive Ayton is agreeing to buyout

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  1. MickZagger

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    Intriguing…
     
    MickZagger, Jun 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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    Assume this means they canvassed the whole league and found no takers.

    a shame we get nothing for him given that despite his money, he is a good player and he is also expiring.
     
    Freshtown, Jun 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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    Bet he signs with the Fakers.
     
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    No takers?

    Yikes :huh:
     
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    Zero value. Really?
     
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    Lmao. Terrific extraction of value, Joe.
     
    illmatic99, Jun 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Holy FUCK. I'm happy he's gone but also WTF?
     
    B-Roy, Jun 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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    Fuck the lakers for signing this guy soon for free. LA lucks out again!
     
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    I'll be curious how much less they were able to buy him out for vs what was owed and how that will effect their Cap?
     
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    Cronin killing it again he’s a magician
     
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    It'd be interesting to see what kind of return they were offered for him. I suspect it wasn't financially logical, but also he might have wanted out.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I'd be surprised if he didn't have something lined up already, and that's what the buyout amount is for.

    It will reduce our cap by the buyout amount.
     
    B-Roy, Jun 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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    The extraction of value was toumani, DA was alway a "worth a try" shot, there's no further value to extract, but it was always worth a try to rehabilitate him instead of Nurk.

    I imagine once HY was drafted, there was no reason to try and keep him as a backup
     
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    So as I understand, whatever contract he gets subtracted from our cap?

    A vet min isn't out of the question I suppose
     
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    Clearly we watched different press conferences at Aytons introduction
     
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    Fuck it. Later Ayton. Get Grant out of here now. If Joe gets rid of Ayton/Ant/Grant all in one offseason he gets a pass on the shitty returns.
     
    LayneStaley, Jun 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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    Clearly you sometimes need to look beyond the press conference. Did you really expect a GM to introduce him as a reclamation project?
     
    andalusian, Jun 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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    Jerami Grant has no value at all.
     
    Natebishop3, Jun 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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    Cronin over leveraged because teams knew he had to make a trade. This will be the excuse.
     
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