NBA Amnesty Clause Candidates

(What?! Release me?! Whatever happened to Peace at any price?!)

One unique and intriguing feature of the new NBA collective bargaining agreement is the “amnesty clause”.  It allows every team to waive one player from its roster and subsequently remove his salary from their salary cap total.  While the player’s salary really doesn’t disappear – the team still has to pay it (assuming it is a guaranteed contract) – it does allow them to remove a bad contract from their salary cap total and potentially keep the team from paying the dreaded luxury tax or, if they are already under the salary cap total, sign another player.  

While only a few teams are expected to take advantage of the rule this season (each team is only allowed to use it once over the lifetime of the CBA, so many will be saving it for a rainy day), here are the best amnesty clause candidates for each team (some of them pretty far fetched):

(all salaries listed in millions, first number listed is 2011/12 salary, next number is total salary still owing).

Atlanta Hawks

Marvin Williams: $7.5, $15.7