Don’t know that we had a choice really. Hopefully Brown proves to be worth it.
IDK, man.
If we are willing to shell that for Jaylen, wouldn't it be better if we just have him test the RFA market and match any offer?
A bad/mediocre team with cap space would have offered him max in all likelihood.
In which case, we should just match. If we are willing to go $115 million, surely we can go for the max if it comes to that.
The flip side, is if the market is soft on him, we could get him for his fair value.
IDK. I mean, I'm stoked that we are keeping Jaylen, but man, I think we could have played the negotiations better.
It seems like a lot I know.
But if he gets a max offer then we are at 170 for 5 right? So there is some savings if DA really thinks that Jaylen was going to get a full 5 year max after this year.
well really you are comparing the first 4 years. If the Celtics waited till next offseason the max they could offer (at the current projected cap number) would have been 130/4.
oh ok, I didn't know it would only be 4 years max if another team offered in RFA...
so still saving a little bit, 3.75 million a year.
This is not quite correct.
If Brown and the Celtics had waited for him to reach Restricted Free Agency next Summer, then the most any _other_ team could have offered him would have been a 4 year deal with a max Base Year Compensation of 25% of the salary cap and 5% x BYC raises. With a cap estimate of 116M, that would be a total package of 120M over 4 years.
But the Celtics themselves still could have offered a 5 year, 25% Max with 8% raises. That would be a 154M package over 5 years.
All those numbers are moot now, of course.