Paul's offseason decision

[JSD]

I love the poll 

[JSD]

3 more Yes votes since I bumped the thread? 

[JSD]

How you offer something is just as important as the total dollars. Your scenario used the threat of renouncing him to get him to sign the deal, then saying to his agent he'd only get the MLE so you better sign!

What are you talking about? His agent would give him the best/worst case scenario not the Celtics.

I was talking about trying to work out an extension in a manner that he might be open to, with a similar result. Paul easily could say I'm not going for only making 10 million. I wasn't proposing a specific contract Jsaad, I was proposing a framework for a deal. That is why I mentioned multiple different starting salaries for his new extension. So no I didn't post that specific deal.

I hear that, just as $14 mill for 4 years is an estimate on my part.

My point is...

Danny: Paul, rip up that last year and sign this 4 years $55-62 million contract.

Paul: Cool.

Bump. I said it almost a year ago.

[Greenbean]

I said it the day before you did on another Celtics Blog

[JSD]

I said it the day before you did on another Celtics Blog

Very nice.

[Roy Hobbs]

I love the poll 

I still think you were wrong regarding what type of deal Pierce would have been looking at next season; at the very least, I think he would have earned Manu money.  However, you were very close on the extension amount and about the fact that he would opt out, so props for that.

I think Pierce probably wanted to help the team out, and wanted to secure his future in case of a lockout / injury / new CBA.  However, at the end of the day, I think he will have left significant money on the table.

[JSD]

I love the poll 

I still think you were wrong regarding what type of deal Pierce would have been looking at next season; at the very least, I think he would have earned Manu money.  However, you were very close on the extension amount and about the fact that he would opt out, so props for that.

I think Pierce probably wanted to help the team out, and wanted to secure his future in case of a lockout / injury / new CBA.  However, at the end of the day, I think he will have left significant money on the table.

Yeah, I was off in regards to what Pierce would get on the open market next year for sure. He'd be inline for $10 - $12 Million or so.  But the main point played out close to my prediction.

Great point at the end, Pierce took less to remain a Celtic. No question about it.