anotherhomer wrote:whitehops wrote:Madhouse wrote:I'm talking about the rookie extensions, that's what we are talking about.
18/10/5 is pretty certainly a max deal.
not that he still wouldn't get a max deal, but with the cap spiking in 2025 last year's class would have max extensions that start at roughly $38 million, and that's with cap smoothing.
it doesn't change the fact that it's still 25% of the cap, but locking in barnes at a fixed number on his extension instead of a % of cap would be ideal for the raps. but obviously barnes would have no reason to sign that when he could make tens of millions more by waiting until he was an RFA.
Wait, we talking about lowballing our cornerstone and future of franchise?
Well, if they're gonna lowball his stats at 18/10/5 then why wouldn't they also lowball how much he might get paid?
There are two full seasons that have to be played before the team can even think of that possible extension, so how about we let the guy go out and just become whatever it is he'll become, and yeah, that will determine his money.
At this point, the idea should be that he'll be a worth every bit of the max because he has become the guy that people imagine he can. Why shoot lower?
