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Message: [QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 4684829, member: 1674"] A couple things on the Chris Paul sweepstakes that I feel like people are glossing over/missing entirely: [LIST] [*]Bill Simmons has been talking a lot about how Phoenix could trade CP3's $30 million for a good player and then the team acquiring CP3 and just waive him and pay the $16 mil guaranteed portion and save the rest. This loophole was closed in the current CBA (not the new one, but the one that's currently active); only the guaranteed portion counts in trades. So the acquiring team can send back $16ish million OR opt to guarantee CP3's full contract and then send out $30 mil. [*]Chris Paul's contract has offset language in it, so if Phoenix does waive him, it doesn't make any financial sense for him to sign elsewhere for more than the minimum (unless it's more than $16 mil, which feels unlikely given the financial positions of other contending teams). [/LIST] [/QUOTE]