Jamaaliver wrote::o
seriously don't want to argue with you. So let's calm down and take a breath.
I know that Ferry offered Josh $15 million per year on a contract extension. That was a terrible decision.
There is one word to describe an NBA player who chooses to sign a contract extension with his current team, rather than testing free agency. That word is not "loyal." It is "foolish."
http://nesn.com/2012/08/benefits-of-fre ... a-players/“In the Collective Bargaining Agreement, there are limits on what can and can’t be done. Really it’s not that Rondo doesn’t want to accept an extension, but it’s just not financially smart for him to accept it right now,” said Ainge. “We didn’t think he would [sign], but we did tried.”
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-a ... xtensions/As a result, it makes almost no sense for any decent player who is not coming off a rookie contract to extend before becoming a free agent, because the player can receive a five-year new contract from his current team.* Even if he signs elsewhere, he can still get a four-year contract with another team rather than only three years had he extended.
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/the-u ... -2011-cba/No, the only person who seems to believe it was a terrible decision.......is you. It was a paper gambit, the lowest risk proposal any GM can make knowing that NBA players and especially their agents that sport JDs and MBAs aren't dumb enough to not be able to count. It was a
FANTASTIC decision because it sends a signal to a very mercurial player that "hey, perhaps we value you" and said mercurial player is perhaps more likely to go out and play to the best of his abilities which means *gasp* perhaps his trade value will remain high. Oh look at that, it was indeed an incredibly savvy move but alas it requires a certain intellect unclouded by hate for a player and versed in the CBA to understand that.
Now of course Josh tanked his value later with his Max contract proclamations and publicly getting kicked out of practice to go along with his contract status but Ferry did more to substantiate all of your terrible fantasy trades with that extension offer than you are willing to give him credit for. It's called part of a "negotiation" but alas, you revel in being wrong and will likely respond with "chill" or "why are you so angry" or "you've insulted me with facts and logic in the face of my baseless opinion".