Chinook
Machacarredes

A buyout in NBA terms typically means a player reducing their guaranteed money in order to sign elsewhere ala Dragic last year and Aldridge the year before. What Gallo did was similar but not technically the same thing, but as you said it's very possible that was negotiated into the amendment...

Gallo wasn't claimed on waivers, but that's not what Ex was talking about. He was talking about set-off rights the Spurs had to reduce their guarantee if Gallo signed elsewhere. It's not the full amount, though. It's half of whatever the new salary is minus the min. So it would've been like $2...

Places like Ignite and Elite are here to stay. The mission should be making those teams better rather than trying to push prospects away. Even if the Ignite is the better model, there's only one of them, which means some prospects wouldn't get the minutes to show anything to scouts.