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Can a player extend his contract with his team before his contract ends? For example, player X's contract ends in 2012, can he sign a 3-4 year extension in the 2011 off-season? I remember that Garnett extended his contract when he went to the Celtics, but I don't know the details.

Only in a few circumstances.

http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q52

Yes they can. But why should a team do it until they have to. If a player gets hurt. THey will get stuck paying a player a ton of money for years while the player rehabs.

You're always thinking positive aren't you?

Sham wrote:You're always thinking positive aren't you?

Its the truth. Does your boss want to give you money you don't deserve?

No. Do you always unnecessarily interject with negative hypotheticals?

SJSF- lets say that the Hawks don't want to risk the Suns offering Horford a max contract when he hits FA. They could be better off extending his contract this offseason if Horford would take less money in order to have those extra guaranteed years.