I can't wait until the next strike where NBA players lose their guaranteed contracts they fought so hard for.
I'm assuming there's going to be some provision in the new CBA where a player is only eligible for a certain percentage of their salary in a buyout. The team gets fucked 100% of the time, whether it's having to pay a player that didn't play up to expectations, paying a guy to play somewhere else, or paying a guy that pouts and doesn't want to be a part of the team.
Mentioned this in a thread a while back, but I'd be interested to figure out some buyout & trade option in the new CBA. In my head the way this would work is a player could be bought out and traded on a new contract that has a maximum length of his current contract, and then the team trading for the bought out player would have to send assets back and pay a portion of the buyout (this doesn't count against tax). So if we're talking Love, let's say the Nets wanted to sign him to a 2 year, $16 mill contract. That means the Nets need to send back salary to match AND pay a portion of the $44 mill buyout beyond the contract they gave him. This way the Cavs clear some cap space and have a chance to recoup something on a player that's deliberately tanking.
I don't think it'll happen, but I think something like that helps the team and league in general. You might get several teams competing for a guy in a buyout & trade scenario which drives up the return for the team trading the player.