Posted by BRIGGS:

also, if we are going to release tony davis, wouldnt it be smart to trade him for some kind of value, somewhere, in a financial deal where we get something? If we just release davis, we are paying him 13+mm for nothing--if we get value some place to a team willing to dump him back to the bulls, isnt that a little better than nothing?

IF the agreement Isiah made with Paxson included the possibility of trading AD to another team and hoping that team agreed to waive him, THEN yes that works out much better than just waiving him.