Gasol signed a guaranteed one-year deal …

Gasol signed a guaranteed one-year deal with Portland this summer, but the Blazers wisely inserted a clause that gave them some protection – if he missed 15 consecutive games due to a problem with his left foot or ankle, the contract would no longer be guaranteed. Monday was Portland’s 15th game, and Gasol hadn’t been healthy for any of them. So the Blazers are now free to waive him and not have his fully guaranteed $1,620,504 count against their salary cap – doubly important (literally) given that the team is $11M into the luxury tax.