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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy
The Jazz are not entirely innocent.
LHM was probably happy to get immediate cap relief as a result of letting him go for medical reasons. If they trade, the incoming player still takes up cap space.
Also, at the time, Fisher was not signing with anyone, so it truly was looked at as a release. He signed with the lakers a few weeks later, I think.
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I've read that Fisher took a $5 or $6 million dollar pay cut when he re-upped with the Lakers.