We'll see about the Wade situation, though. Paxson has said a lot of things and gone back on them before, so I don't take what he says very seriously any more. I definitely think Wade will play half the year and collect his $12M, but he doesn't want to play on a rebuilding team so he might push for the buyout (no one is going to take his contract in a trade). Melo's situation is more tricky of course (two years, $50M), but its still possible when you consider how irked Melo has become because of all this drama, he might try to force it or not play lol.