lkelly
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Nobody is picking up his existing contract with massive guarantee next year I imagine. So if he's cut, he'll likely pass through.
(Edit) Now that I think about it more, could be that his contract guarantees void, thus enabling him to be cut. Technically I guess that means that a team could pick him up with the existing contract, but it's not guaranteed. They could in theory have the flexibility to pay him that rate without a massive penalty should they decide to cut him (like Jimmy G. who was sitting on non-guaranteed money heading into the opening of the season). Then there's also the provision where a player can one time take his salary as termination pay or whatever after being cut. Not sure if Cooks has used that already, but probably not since he has been traded a number of times. I would think the most likely scenario is that a team either picks him up on waivers with the voided guarantees and restructures or he gets very active in his final destination by telling those teams he won't play for them and forces them to squat on him. It's a mess. Will be fun to watch how this unfolds if he does indeed force the issue.
(Edit) Now that I think about it more, could be that his contract guarantees void, thus enabling him to be cut. Technically I guess that means that a team could pick him up with the existing contract, but it's not guaranteed. They could in theory have the flexibility to pay him that rate without a massive penalty should they decide to cut him (like Jimmy G. who was sitting on non-guaranteed money heading into the opening of the season). Then there's also the provision where a player can one time take his salary as termination pay or whatever after being cut. Not sure if Cooks has used that already, but probably not since he has been traded a number of times. I would think the most likely scenario is that a team either picks him up on waivers with the voided guarantees and restructures or he gets very active in his final destination by telling those teams he won't play for them and forces them to squat on him. It's a mess. Will be fun to watch how this unfolds if he does indeed force the issue.
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