If Francis signs for 3yrs or even less: Good or Bad

Good for the Steve Haters
Bad for the other 98% of the people here

 

i believe its very bad

 

GOOD! Short contracts better. See Tim Duncan. Good for Steve, Good for Rox. Let the chips fall where they may. Everyone has to perform. Long contracts stink - see Kelvin Cato, see Scottie Pippen.

 

Bad. I would like him to be a Rocket until the end of his career.

 

I don't think that he will turn down 3 yrs worth of guaranteed money just on "the direction the team goes" in that three year span or the 3 yrs before that. We're talking about a chance on losing ~ $50 - 60 mil if he was seriously hurt or couldn't play/produce because of the migraines.

Tell me what agent is going to advise him to pass up 3 yrs. of max. guaranteed money. Not happening ! Especially not w/ the Rox history of winning/producing good teams.

 

it would be bad of course because our best player wouldn't be locked up long-term. but, 3 years is better than no extension at all and i expect that by the end of that term we'll be serious contenders. i doubt he'd be leaving.

 

If I were in his positon I would go for a deal that keeps me here as long as possible making max money. This is the first chance he gets to really cash in (although making anywhere over 5.50 an hour playing basketball is cashing in) and he wants to make sure that if anything happens he's set financialy.

 

Bad, bad, bad, and bad. We should lock him up long term if the Mayo Clinic checks him out as ok. He should want it because, as has been noted above, you never know about injuries/health issues. Steve should jump at the opportunity. If he doesn't, things aren't too cool in Rocketville. Good topic, HP... better than "Did the Answer lose his crib sheet? He did WHAT???" and so on.

 

we need to lock him up. 7 years, team option on the 8th, $100 million...whatever it takes.

 

heypee-I don't 1 year max contract extension situation as a real possibility:

If we don't get an extension done, Francis becomes a RFA next summer-and if we wanted to keep him, we could match any offer, and if Francis puts up All-star numbers, we'd do that, including a 1 year offer, and it's no different, unless you think it could create a Marc Jackson-like bitterness situation (if that occurs, it probably would've occured anyway). Whereas if Francis gets torn up by injuries for a 2nd year in a row, he probably loses some market value, and you could've signed him for less.

As for a 3 year deal-If it's like Duncan's, then the contract is greatly in the player's favor-if he gets hurt, or doesn't perform, he can just keep the contract, and not become a free agent, and have 3 more years of 10+ mill type money coming to him. If he does perform, and doesn't like the team's situation, or becomes a top tier superstar, he can opt out, and get more money from his team, or create a bidding war with an even higher max and raise per year.

I don't see him accepting a deal for 3 years with a team option on years 4-6. He probably would take his chances on just a 3 year deal over that. If he goes for straight 3 years, it'll be because he truly wants to see if this team (Ming) is the real deal. By the third year, which is 4 years from now, Griffin and Ming should be starting to emerge. But, I don't see him going for just 3 years-not enough guaranteed money.

I do see a Duncan-like contract as a possibility, actually, most likely IMO if Francis' alleged questions on Ming were legit, he can get max length if he wants it, or opt out at 3 years. If Ming and/or Griffin become the real deal, I don't think it matters: Steve would be absolutely insane to get out of a situation with a backcourt mate that can score 20+ ppg, 2 potential front court superstars, and another offensive weapon in Nachbar. If Steve were to leave, probably every PG in the league would love to step into that starting lineup. If Ming/Griffin don't fulfill their potential is where you gamble-in that case, the team probably isn't very successful, which would be a reason for Steve to want out (and why Duncan had that opt out put in his contract).

 

Francis will sign for the max this summer. No question about it. Steve won't leave that much money on the table. Rudy will not allow his franchise player to leave. Moot point.

 

why the Hell would the Rockets offer the short 3yr deal, no way that happens and with Steve's ego as it is, he walks!!!

One suspects HeyP is suggesting Steve and his management suggest the 3 year deal and the basis Steve has some reservations about the success the current squad would have, which is a great attiude for our supposed floor leader to have.

Either way Steve gets his cash, can't believe he hasn't gotten himself to the Mayo clinic yet, no way any team in the league offers him a max dollars max cash deal if the headaches aren't 100% in the clear.

3 years might be good for all parties, especially if there is any health doubts and will keep Steve happy and thinking his re-signing will ensure the management keeps adjusting the squad to his needs... and damn if in 3 years he still can't run the point and is still running the wings in transistion looking for espn highlight reel dunks then we can give him to the max and deal him for a point who has some idea about running the show and trying to make your fellow teammates better.

Smeg

PS Mash my arse, i just want some improvement and some transition and as far as i see it the point guard is responsible for that!

 

That's bad news if he signs for 3 years or less, because that mean he wants to play some where else. But don't think that will happen, he'll probably get offer about 5-7 years for about 50 to 80 million dollars. That's just a little prediction, don't pay attention!

 

Probably 7 years for about 100 million dollars.

 

If by the remotest chance that Steve Francis realy has that way of thinking about Rudy and the potential of the Team, HE SHOULD BE TRADED NOW!! Even though I like Francis I cant stand a Team Leader who is not a Team Player but a selfish one! Rockets should be in complete control of this one! Six years, no frills and as much as they can afford to pay him.( Remember the others will need to be paid as well).

 

I think three years would be good. If we make it far in the playoffs then he will sign anohter extension. If we don't then we need to bring someone else to get us there anyway. Six years is plenty of time for him to get us there.