RoZier Signs 4 Year $97M Extension

[footey]

Wow.

Smart contract already looking better!

[Atzar]

It's crazy how talented the PG position is in the NBA right now.  Rozier averaged 20/4/4 last season on career high efficiency, enough to get him nearly $25M per year on his new deal... and he's below average as a starting point guard. 

[Moranis]

I'd rather pay Rozier that then Smart or Fournier what they got because Rozier is just a better player than both of those guys. 

That said, none of them make a whole lot of sense for Boston.

[RJ87]

That's... a lot of money for Rozier.

I understand the Hornets are a small market team and have to overpay for talent, but they're paying Gordon and Rozier a combined $217m.

But good on Terry's agent for cashing in on a career year.

[tonydelk]

I can't believe Rozier got more then Smart.  Good for Scary Terry though. 

[hpantazo]

Good for Terry. Places like Charlotte have to overpay to get people there and keep them.

[jambr380]

$54M/yr for Hayward and Rozier is a lot of money. That's essentially what Tatum and Brown are being paid this year.

I like Rozier, but I just don't have him in that Jaylen-tier of players. Under a Smart-type contract, it makes a lot more sense. I understand that he has more impressive box scores, but I can't say with certainty that he is as impactful. And I am somebody who still think we overpaid Smart by a little (I liked the $68M contract better...obviously).

[nebist]

Smart has been a better player than Rozier his entire career if your goal is to actually win games. But 90% of NBA contracts come down to ppg. As expected, this will be the first of many contracts over the next several years that completely validates Smart at 4/77.

[bogg]

Good for Terry. Happy he took the money when it was on the table.


It will never stop being wild to me that a big chunk of the fan base saw a third-year guard step into major minutes for the first time late in the season, get the team to within a game of the Finals (against Lebron James), and come away with the conclusion that he had to go because he shot poorly in a game 7.

[todd_days_41]

I can't believe Rozier got more then Smart.  Good for Scary Terry though.

Isn't Rozier a better basketball player than Smart?

[Wretch]

Good for Terry. Happy he took the money when it was on the table.


It will never stop being wild to me that a big chunk of the fan base saw a third-year guard step into major minutes for the first time late in the season, get the team to within a game of the Finals (against Lebron James), and come away with the conclusion that he had to go because he shot poorly in a game 7.

I give people more credit than that.  I think people thought he had to go because he and Morris effectively froze out players like Hayward and were playing for their next contract rather than to win games in their last year in Boston. Rozier then shot his way out of town with his interview at the end of the season. I also think most fans looked at Rozier as what he was not what he became in Charlotte. In Boston he was an inefficient offensive player. Good for him on getting better and getting paid. He's an Okay player on an Okay team.

[Tr1boy]

Wow.

Smart contract already looking better!

Smart must be happy about this 

Rozy was brutal in the play in game

Got paid about 15-20 million too much imo

[Tr1boy]

Shroder must be happy about this also

they are pretty similar imo

Schroder a tad better on offense and Rozier a tad better on defense

[Ogaju]

You have to pay your players. You have to respect the market. Some fans are preoccupied with what other teams pay their players. Take care of your own players and stop trying to win con-tract negotiations.

[Surferdad]

Shroder must be happy about this also

they are pretty similar imo

Schroder a tad better on offense and Rozier a tad better on defense

Disagree, I bet he's p---ed that he's now lost a year of $20M.