computers don't make mistakes...
they simply do exactly what we told them to do.
orcin, i think a tidbit got lost. he retained 100% of the salary as part of the trade. team a is already paying the bill regardless of where the guy plays or doesn't play. i'm sure the cba could still have some oddities about this context.
e.g. release is still team a's repsonibility, but what if another team signs him? that likely reduces from team a's liability by the amount the new team is paying, pro-rated. relative to 'cba's' money is all part of awhole and needs to balance, or there's ways to get more than the designated %-share of said money (owner vs player share).