City of Trees wrote:I wonder how much Gay will consider opting out of his final year to seek a long term deal with Sac? Few reasons:
$19M is a lot but I'm sure Rudy's age will cross his mind. At his age he has two lucrative contracts left to sign in his NBA career. Looking at his age of the second contract could motivate Gay to get a new deal sooner rather than later.
Gay may also consider his value is currently high is Sac. A new year could hold many variables that hurt his value. Fear of the unkown?
Of course other reasons lie with being an awesome person and helping your team lower their cap #'s but I'm sure that's a non factor...
Anyway, what's your over/under % Gay opts out to resign with Sac?
That's an interesting point. I remember Richard Jefferson did that a few years ago and people thought he was crazy, but it's actually not a terrible idea.
EDIT: Granted, Jefferson wasn't making 19 mil.