This. Him and his overpaid contract's a big reason for Orlando not being able to surround Howard with a decent supporting cast. He was just lucky enough to be drafted the same year as Howard and get a wisp of the franchise building block money.
I wonder if this is a Richard Jefferson under the table contract opt out, where he opted out with a handshake agreement for a longer-year smaller $ contract already agreed to.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jameer Nelson got paid. He'll make $8.6 mil in 12-13, $8.6 mil in 13-14, $8 mil in 14-15. Last year is only partially guaranteed, but still.</p>— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/228110751091523584" data-datetime="2012-07-25T12:53:35+00:00">Juli 25, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> LOL Nets. Errr... Magic.
Wow. Just . . . wow. If those contract figures are accurate, then I think this HAS to be an ownership-driven move. DeVos is getting old and, if he's going to have to rebuild, perhaps at least wants one of the "faces of the franchise" to stick around. Emotional attachment, I guess. Rob Hennigan is far too smart a GM to willingly hand out that contract for a mediocre starting PG who relies on speed and quickness yet has already begun a steady decline in both areas. No way to justify that contract. Completely ludicrous.
Maybe the Magic want us to trade Lin to them and then we would need a starting PG and would take Nelson off them as well. Lol.
