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Question: What about getting Jose Calderon from Toronto? We need a point guard of the future and he’s ready to start somewhere NOW. No idea if we could get either of the freshmen point guards next year and we have two holes to fill for two years down the road, point guard and post-up player. He’d fill the spot nicely as its easy to see that he’ll be a good/excellent starter. Petrie needs to let Theus worry about winning now and get busy opening cap space and getting prospects. What are the salary cap implications of buying out a contract such as KTs? – Apounders, Sacramento

Answer: Starting backwards, the salary cap implications of buying out Thomas would be that whatever agreed-upon amount of the buyout is spread out proportionally for the life of the contract. In Thomas’ case, that’s through 2010.
Now for Calderon, Toronto could have interest in Artest to add some punch on both ends and keep up with the Celtics. I could see Petrie liking Calderon, although there would need to be more pieces in a deal (Artest makes $7 million, Calderon makes $2.4). Calderon is a free agent this summer.