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![TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::48488561.png) Marc Stein [@TheSteinLine](/creator/twitter/TheSteinLine) on x 1.5M followers
Created: 2025-07-17 22:25:17 UTC

You are incorrect. The payment date very much DID matter because the payment — scheduled for July X — could not be made until after the NBA’s new salary cap year started July X. 

So the payment had to be moved from July X to July XX. And Beal got his buyout on July XX.


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