This has zero to do with whether or not he can play. We all know he's done. He'll still wind up taking Lin's minutes as a backup though, and even if he doesn't, the issue is that his CONTRACT, not him as a player, but his actual contract, can either be a trade asset at the deadline or simply come off the books at the end of the season. There's absolutely no sane reason to pay him 3 mil a year for two more years.

As we see, 3 million dollars in cap space can pay two, even three players to round out a bench or become that extra inch needed to sign a quality contributor.

Why, exactly, is it a good idea to pay him that three million dollars instead of saving that money for assets that can actually contribute?