It's Official - Contract Buy-Outs

So over the past week, a couple "big-name" players have been moved around, many of whose contracts have just been bought out by their respective teams.  This will briefly discuss each buy-out, the destination of each player, and how their playing time/productivity will be affected.

1. Danny Granger - The Philadelphia 76ers have officially bought out Granger's contract, and he has signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.
2. Glen "Big Baby" Davis - The Orlando Magic have officially bought out Davis's contract, and he has signed with the Los Angeles Clippers as well.
3. Jimmer Fredette - The Sacramento Kings have bought out Jimmer's contract, and he signed with the Chicago Bulls for the rest of the season.
4. Caron Butler - The Milwaukee Bucks waived Butler, and he signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder for the rest of the season.

Danny Granger - There's been a lot of talk about Granger this year, particularly whether or not he can return to a superstar form as he was a couple years ago.  Maybe on a team like the 76ers this was possible, but now signing with a team like the Clippers, he will come off the bench behind Matt Barnes, and the second rotation involves scorers Collison, Crawford, and Dudley, leaving very little production for Granger.  He will have a role as minimized as he had in Indiana, and will not be relevant fantasy-wise in the near future.

Glen Davis - Needless to say, Davis will not be obtaining a starting job over Blake Griffin or DeAndre Jordan, so if Davis is to have any production on the Clips, it would have to come in the 20 minutes he will be offered off the bench, assuming he gets that much playing time when considering Doc Rivers's preference to play with a smaller lineup.  He will not be productive fantasy-wise either.

Jimmer Fredette - Jimmer was a very interesting pick-up by the Chicago Bulls.  He doesn't really fit their style of play, considering they play the second toughest defense in the league.  Perhaps they will look to Jimmer as they once had Kyle Korver and Marco Belinelli run off screens as a source of threes.  Thibodeau likes his line-up of Hinrich, Butler, Dunleavy, Boozer, and Noah, but if he could perhaps find some way to utilize Fredette, it might be interesting to see how.

Caron Butler - Butler in Oklahoma City doesn't scream production either.  If he couldn't pull together consistency in Milwaukee, there is very little reason to believe he will do so from a bench role in OKC.  

The bottom line is that none of these transaction really will affect your fantasy team in any way, shape, or form.  Granger won't be notable on the Clippers, but if you're in a deeper league he might be worth watching.  The main person of this group I would at least keep an eye on is Jimmer Fredette, but don't worry, nobody is going to rush to pick him up.