If your basing this contract on upside, then its a good gamble. Arenas had a 2:1 asst:to ratio to go along with 18pts and and 6 rebs. The guy is 21 and by the time his contract is up in 3 yrs, he'll be 24. 10m a yr is alot, but its only 3yr which is 1 less yr than what pj brown got from NO at 8m a yr. I think its a good gamble both ways and smart not to give more than 4yrs. Those 6yr deals are the killer ones. You should never give 6 yrs to a bench player or avg player as far as that go.
Carrol Dawson would disagree. He's signed the following players to 6-yr deals: Matt Maloney: $18M Brent Price: $17M Kelvin Cato: $42M Moochie Norris: $22 Maurice Taylor: $48M
Its amazing that Carrol still has a job. That's almost an NBA lineup, it just needs a small forward, move Maloney or Moochie to the bench, and count up the wins baby.
Pretty amazing that Carrol Dawson still has a job huh? If I were a GM, I would always rather pay more in average in a shorter contract than a less average longer contract in these salary cap-luxury tax days.
But would you, say, make an offer for Caron Butler (it would take a lot to pry him away: Cat and EG, maybe) and/or Brian Grant? Let Chicago have Eddie Jones.
Me too. Its not the money, its the duration. If Taylor had a 3yr contract, he would be really easy to trade, but tack on those extra 2 and teams kind of look distant at you. Moochie,Cato and even some of the other players who gets traded are easier to move than the 6 or 7 yr deals. Even if i was a player, Id rather sign some of those 4yr deals and checking the teams progress as opposed to being locked in and stuck to a sorry team. The p-option is a good tool to have.
