Another team expected to have interest in Turner—and that does have a roster spot—would be the Heat. Miami has been active on the trade market seeking an upgrade to its depth. But if no deal can be had, the Heat will turn to the buyout market and a secondary playmaker with playoff experience like Turner would be ideal.
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Memphis has continued to insist in …
Memphis has continued to insist in talks that they will trade Iguodala, sources say, and not buy him out — a blow to the Lakers, who would love to sign him as a free agent.
Speaking of the Lakers (36-9), they …
Speaking of the Lakers (36-9), they would happily welcome Iguodala if he’s eventually bought out, but L.A. doesn’t have a clear path to the 2015 NBA Finals MVP and his $17.2 million salary, with no first-rounders to offer and valuable contributors Danny Green and/or Kentavious Caldwell-Pope necessary to make a trade cap-worthy. “We’re not buying him out,” an executive with the Grizzlies said. “We will trade him, period.”
Large buyout may keep Texas from hiring new WR coach
There has been speculation about Kansas wide receiver coach Emmett Jones. The only issue is that UT is not prepared to buy a large buyout.
After the regular season ended, Texas fired wide receivers coach Drew Mehringer after three seasons with the Longhorns. A few weeks later and the position still has not been filled. There has been speculation about Kansas wide receiver coach Emmett Jones joining Tom Herman’s staff, but there may be an issue.
According to Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman, Texas is not excited about the possibility of paying a large buyout for Jones. He is also reporting that the buyout is set at $225,000. Because of this, the Longhorns may pass on him and go in a different direction to find their wide receivers coach.
There's been speculation about Kansas WR Emmett Jones joining Texas' staff. I'm told UT isn't fired up/may pass because of Jones' $225,000 buyout at Kansas.
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) January 9, 2020
After working for local DFW high schools for nearly 13 years, Jones got a role in Kliff Kingsbury staff at Texas Tech in 2015. After one year as a player developer, he was promoted to wide receivers coach. After Kingsbury was fired from Texas Texas, Jones ended up at Kansas, working for head coach Les Miles and his staff.
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According to multiple sources, the Heat …
According to multiple sources, the Heat would prefer to move on from Waiters but there aren’t appealing options to do so. For example, it would take an agreement between Waiters and the Heat to keep him away from the team, while still being paid and no such agreement is in place.
With no team interested in trading for …
With no team interested in trading for Waiters, it serves Miami’s best interests to keep Waiters on the books because his salary could be used as filler in a trade.
A source briefed on the situation said …
A source briefed on the situation said the Heat has been open to a buyout of the final year-and-a-half of his contract, but Waiters at this point has been disinclined to accept anything less than $12.1 million he’s owed this year and the $12.7 million he’s due to make next season.
One thing that every team agreed upon: …
One thing that every team agreed upon: Waiters’ career is likely over, barring an incredibly unlikely turnaround. That is why Waiters’ entertaining a buyout should be off the table. Even if he signed a contract next season, it would be for a minimum, non-guaranteed $2.6 million salary, making it difficult for him to recoup whatever he would give up in buyout talks.