Brian Windhorst: "I was at the Detroit airport yesterday when this news came out. In the report, Shams Charania is like, they're not paying him, Porzingis is not fighting it, and they're still trying to trade him. I was listening to these two guys sitting behind me and they were like, what do you mean? This is the NBA. What do you mean they're trying to trade him? So wait a minute, he's not playing, we're not paying him, but we're trying to trade him?" Tim Bontemps: "It actually increases his value in the trade market because now, not only is it a quasi-expiring contract, but you're going to get a discount because he'll take a buyout." Brian Windhorst: "Why would you take a buyout to pay him at all? A buyout means you got to pay him some of the salary." Vince Goodwill: "A buyout means he got to show up. If he out here getting new teeth, then he ain't, I don't think he's showing up for nobody's physical."
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