Smitty731 wrote:fishercob wrote:
It was? By whom?
I would think the $80,000,000 was the the primary reason that Wall signed his extension -- particularly when the team would have been perfectly justified in waiting until seeing what they had in Wall before maxing him out.
I remember hearing Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons talk about it quite a bit when that deal was being signed. I'm not saying it was a deciding factor or anything, but it was out there. Jalen, in particular, talks a lot about the agent stuff. And he's rarely off when he talks about that kind of stuff.
I seriously doubt Wall would have refused a max extension if the Wizards didn't re-sign Martell Webster. If Wizards GM Ernie Grunfeld somehow allowed the agent to make those two a package deal then he's an even bigger idiot than I thought.
