O/T: Bynum seeking 17 mill per year

KOA · Post #1 » by **KOA** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:24 am

Bynum's agent, David Lee, reportedly is seeking a five-year extension worth an estimated $17 million a year, while the Lakers are more comfortable paying Bynum about $10 million a year.

Link: http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wireta ... er_season/

When the **** did Andrew Bynum become Dwight Howard? :lol:

Post #2 » by **duetta** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:28 am

Time for the Knicks to offer Curry to Lakers.

xxrainnn · Post #3 » by **xxrainnn** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:34 am

Whylin.

dirkforpres · Post #4 » by **dirkforpres** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:36 am

Bynum is worth about half of what he is asking coming off of that injury

RutgersBJJ · Post #5 » by **RutgersBJJ** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:20 am

I guess they will just be matching whatever offer he gets on the open market. This didn't work for Josh Smith, Deng, etc..It worked for Iggy, but that is because that deal was legitimately a low ball offer.

No team has the cap room to offer Bynum 17 mil. No one will sacrifice 17 Mil the year before the biggest FA season ever, for an unproven Andrew Bynum.

Post #6 » by **mjhp911** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:09 am

Hoo, that's a lot of coin...

-Phenom- · Post #7 » by **-Phenom-** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:12 am

He's buggin. He must know something about his knee that no one else does

Ignitowsky · Post #8 » by **Ignitowsky** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:58 am

Here's hoping that LA isn't stupid enough to pay him even half of that.

step · Post #9 » by **step** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:20 am

They've hyped him up so much that it's starting to get to him...

Ralphie96 · Post #10 » by **Ralphie96** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:02 pm

it's just what he's asking for.. not what he's going to get.

he's smart for asking for that much, if I were him i would do the same...

GuyverADL · Post #11 » by **GuyverADL** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:24 pm

If he really thinks he is worth it then I would just sign the Qualifying Offer next year.

Thing is how is he knee going to hold up?

RHODEY · Post #12 » by **RHODEY** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:34 pm

He's not worth that but he definitely has a certain amount of leverage since many believe he is\was the difference between the Lakers become Champions as opposed to 2nd runner up. Question is he worth as much a s Biedrans, ~10 million or so?

kosmovitelli · Post #13 » by **kosmovitelli** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:29 pm

Ralphie96 wrote:it's just what he's asking for.. not what he's going to get.

he's smart for asking for that much, if I were him i would do the same...

Not sure it's so smart at that time of the year. When you're a free agent, you can threaten to leave your team if you don't get $17M per season. Bynum has no leverage right now.

Right now, we're talking about an extension. It's pretty stupid to ask for a max contract considering the Lakers have no incentives to do it at this point. Unless they want to spend money and max him out then they can simply wait until he becomes a restricted free agent and pay market value.
At best they'll resign him for less and at worst they'll resign him for the same amount. If a players asks for the max then (unless he's already a proven franchise player like Chris Paul) you let him finish his rookie contract.

Bynum and Lee are similar in terms of questions for team management. You have to ask yourself : should I extend his contract now and try to resign him for "cheap" or do I take the risk to let him play out his contract, see him raise his value and force me to give him a better contract next year if I want to keep him ?
At $17M it's a no brainer for the Lakers (you let him become an unrestricted free agent) but if Bynum becomes reasonable and demands only $12M or $13M then the Lakers front office will have to think hard about it.

hardcore · Post #14 » by **hardcore** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:40 pm

Bynum= Nuts

He wont get 17M per year from anyone He needs to play at least 1 season @30 minutes a game healthy and he hasn't done that. No team is going to even think about offering him that without a thorough medical evaluation. Eventually, he can be a poor man Yao Ming if he stays healthy and checks out. I think there is still something with that knee like the other poster was saying, he could very well be damaged goods

kosmovitelli · Post #15 » by **kosmovitelli** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:41 pm

Bynum got $42M guaranteed for 3 seasons : $14M per season.

As I said a few days ago, when Bynum asked for $17M it was a no brainer for the Lakers to refuse but at $14M you start to think about it.

That said, i think it's a bit too much. $12M or $13M would have been better.

If I was a Lakers fan I wouldn't complain though. The Lakers succesfully made him sign for only 3 years. So if he remains injury prone or doesn't fulfill his potential then it's not a big risk.

So I think it's a good move by the Lakers.

The Lakers and Andrew Bynum have agreed in principle on a four-year contract extension worth about $58 million, keeping their center of the future in the fold through the 2012-13 season, according to sources familiar with the negotiations who would not speak publicly.

Bynum, who will make $2.8 million this season, will earn close to $42 million over the first three years of his contract extension. The fourth year will be a team option for about $16 million.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lak ... 4933.story