Can Someone Please Explain...

[Kurosawa]

...why we don't simply renounce rights to, and eliminate cap holds on:

Brian Cardinal
Damien Wilkins
Nathan Jawai
Sasha Pavlovic
Oleksiy Pecherov

Or, better still:

Latrell Sprewell
Kirk Snyder
Michael Doleac
Sam Jacobsen
Oliver Miller
Sam Mitchell
Andrae Patterson
Bracey Wright

What's the disadvantage of doing so?

[Worm Guts]

Because there's no reason to until we want to sign a free agent.

[Kurosawa]

Thanks. Guess it's simply a matter of timing, as cap holds technically affect available cap space but, practically speaking, not until a signing or trade actually occurs. Just seems odd that players like Oliver Miller and Sam Jacobson are still on the books.