raptors999 wrote:
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What would YOU pay Lowry?
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Matt52 wrote: View PostMe, I would do this:
5 years, $50M, Front loaded
Year 1: $12M
Year 2: $11M
Year 3: $10M
Year 4: $9M
Year 5: $8M
Rationale: it diminishes risks associated with age and attitude while also allowing the team to have more financial flexibility moving forward. Age is straight forward - he is paid less as he gets older. Attitude means if this year was not a fluke, if he is owed the bulk of his contract in later years it is only going to make it that much harder to get rid of him. Financial flexibility is straight forward.
I would be ecstatic if it could happen at $11, $10, $9, $8, $7 (i.e. 5 years and $45M)
He is 33 coming off a five year deal.
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I think you make a good point about frontloading - though it should be noted, that in the 2015 offseason, frontloading his contract versus backloading it costs the team about 1.6 M in cap space. If you take the same approach with Patterson as well, that adds up to over 2 M in cap space. In 2016, when the Durant rumours suggest we would make a big splash, it's moot whether you backload, frontload, or evenly distribute the contract.
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I am sure MU is going to do some work on who the competition for Lowry is going to be and work off that. If Lowry feels like being loved and in effect has his own team here he may not go with the richer offer (if there is one). Bledsoe's deal will probably be a benchmark of sorts as well. My own sense about fairness & value is 4 yr @ 11. If a 5th yr. becomes a sticking point make it a team option with a buyout of 3 mill.
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Id backload both Vasquez and Patterson as I believe their best basketball is ahead of them. That should offset the frontloading, and become increasingly irrelevant as the cap increasesFor still frame photograph of me reading the DeRozan thread please refer to my avatar
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