The NBA buy-out market is broken. Does it matter?

Players don't move the needle enough to raise hackles.

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Bathers at Asnieres, Georges Seurat

There’s a fine line to walk in discussing the NBA buy-out market. It’s yet another fissure in the debate over market size and status as an advantage-creating machine. It wades into the discourse over tanking and the fairness of the NBA draft. It touches on player agency and empowerment. T…