Splitter's agent, Herb Rudoy, told me on Tuesday that Splitter does have a reasonable buyout clause in his contract -- in the summer of 2008.
The buyout, according to Rudoy, is for $1 million. The NBA team that drafts him can pick up $500,000 of the buyout, leaving Splitter with the rest of the bill.
But since the buyout isn't until 2008, does that mean the NBA team that drafts him this year will have to wait another year before getting his services? Not necessarily.
Splitter's people have been working with Tau to come to an arrangement. The best-case scenario is they allow the buyout to happen this year. The worst-case scenario is he spends another year in Europe developing and then joins the team that drafts him (in June) in the summer of 2008.