Actually, Melo admitted it was an issue, and that he was seriously thinking about Denver's extension and wanted to come to a conclusion "before they swiftly pulled it off the table" (or something along those lines). And all other salaries won't drop, necessarily. The lockout will last forever, if that's the case. The proposed deal was that contracts signed after July 1st would be altered, due to smaller player maximums, changes in exceptions, length in contracts, among other things. No contracts were going to be re-configured. I think Jim Rome (or Around The Horn) was talking about this today, how Melo can say he wants out, but Denver can hold out and put him in a bad situation.