Salary Cap: Detroit buying out Yamamoto

[Ricelund]

I wonder what he means by "couldn't make moves to make it work". What moves would they have to make to make this work? He's already under contract at $3.1 million.

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[jaster]

Probably just meant in terms of actual roster spots. Maybe Detroit has been trying to move someone with no success.

Today is the last day of the buyout period, so they couldn't wait any longer.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Well, his buyout counts against the cap floor this season and next. Something like 533k.

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

The "tight cap" isn't referencing Detroit.

It's saying "Because nobody else has any money, Yamamoto is going to be an intriguing FA asset"