To save money under the new CBA.
other players
Other players considered strong possibilities to be released in a similar manner would be Chris Webber in Philadelphia, Jalen Rose in Toronto, Eddie Jones in Miami, Doug Christie in Orlando, Theo Ratliff in Portland and Raef LaFrentz in Boston. Under the new agreement, the sides agreed to a dollar-for-dollar luxury-tax penalty for teams over a certain payroll amount, to be distributed to teams under that amount. For example, the Mavericks are well over the luxury-tax threshold. If they were to get Finley off the books, they would save more than $50 million over the next three years."