"Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn said he has no plans to take advantage of the NBA's amnesty clause, a new provision in the collective bargaining agreement that allows a team to cut a player without the player's salary remaining on a team's salary cap.

"In terms of how our team is situated now and where we think we can be headed, there is no advantage to use it now," Kahn said Saturday night.

NBA teams have until Dec. 16 to take advantage of the move, which can be used on just one player. New York used the provision Saturday to release veteran point guard Chauncey Billups.

Teams can use the clause on high-salaried players to create cap space. Forward Michael Beasley enters the season as the Wolves' highest-paid player at $6.262 million.

Injured swingman Martell Webster (back) is second on the payroll at $5.256 million, followed by Darko Milicic at $4.776 million and all-star forward Kevin Love at $4.609 million. "