Dat2U wrote:It's understandable to why Gil decided to plead. His back was up against the wall and if he didn't plead, he could potentially be looking at a long, drawn out legal process and up to 20 years in jail.
By pleading, he gets a quick resolution, apparently avoids jail time and is able to resume his career once his suspension is over.
But pleading to a felony does crack the door open slightly to the Wizards pursuing to void his deal. I don't know if they have much of a leg to stand on with just a possession charge and no real jail time since the bar for voiding a deal is set very high.
Gil no matter how crazy we think he is, is not going to give up $80 million. He may not want to play for the Wizards and would like to get traded, but that's not happening right now. So its going to be incredibly interesting to see how this plays out.
If it's not voided, I wonder how much money Gil would accept to be released?
It would be in the wiz's interest to settle this year so they get under the lux tax, and it would be in gil's interest as well if he's not suspended for the whole year.
How do buyouts work capwise? Does it all count immediately or is it spread out? Let's say they bought him out for 30 million--would that be averaged across the remaining years and create a similar cap-hold?