Ray Allen Wants a Contract Extension

[Who]

There will be a lot of teams with cap room in 2010, teams that will be trying to piece together a contender.

I think Ray is going to have a lot of suitors and be much more capable of commanding a higher salary than in most other free agent years ... years when a player of his age would normally struggle for good offers (like several players this summer).

Players like Ray are going to be able to command more money next summer than they usually would.

If he is commanding anything more than 6 or 7 MIL you have to trade him now and get some talent for his expiring contract.

I think Ray Allen will be able to get more than that. About $3 million more.

I think the $9-10 million range is closer to the type of offer he'll be able to get.

[guava_wrench]

Though this wouldn't make Wyc happy for one year, I think it would make good sense for the team to extend Ray one year, even if it is at max dollars.  That way the C's can hold onto him this year, see if they win the title, then reevaluate things next summer.  If he's re-upped at max dollars, all the trade scenarios coming up this summer will come up next summer as well. 

Max dollars?! We are talking 20 million x 2 because because of the salary cap. Beyond horrible idea and completely unnecessary.
 

[cdif911]

veterans minimum for life, I'm down with that!

[Brendan]

Being 5-6 million under the cap is useless, you offer the same as an MLE, but don't get the LLE.

[BballTim]

1)IF ray resigns for 7 MIL a year
2) IF PP opts out and signs an extension starting at 12 MIL
3) and IF Rondo signs an extension for 10 MIL a year then our roster would look like this going into the 2010-11 season

PG: Rondo
SG: Ray
SF: PP
PF: KG
 C: Perk

That puts us at 52 MIL so we would likely have about 5-7 MIL in cap space .

  I think this might be the first time this summer someone's posted a lineup that we can actually win the title with.

[BballTim]

just reiterating my question from the home page:

what is  a "league executive"?

  Usually someone that works in a deli, but sometimes it's someone that's actually associated with an nba team.

[BballTim]

just reiterating my question from the home page:

what is  a "league executive"?

or perhaps Stern's henchmen

 Referees are "league executives"?

[Fafnir]

just reiterating my question from the home page:

what is  a "league executive"?

  Usually someone that works in a deli, but sometimes it's someone that's actually associated with an nba team.

League executive usually is code someone who works in an NBA front office or for the league. So Steve Weinman?

I'm sure Ray would like an extension, but it won't happen. Danny isn't going to rule out the possibility of trading him to "extend the window". His previous remarks about trading the original big three make that pretty clear.

Locking up Ray till the end of his career isn't worth ruling that option out. Not given that if he really wants to retire a Celtic we'll have every chance to resign him.

[greenwise]

There will be a lot of teams with cap room in 2010, teams that will be trying to piece together a contender.

I think Ray is going to have a lot of suitors and be much more capable of commanding a higher salary than in most other free agent years ... years when a player of his age would normally struggle for good offers (like several players this summer).

Players like Ray are going to be able to command more money next summer than they usually would.

If he is commanding anything more than 6 or 7 MIL you have to trade him now and get some talent for his expiring contract.

I think Ray Allen will be able to get more than that. About $3 million more.

I think the $9-10 million range is closer to the type of offer he'll be able to get.

In all fairness, I agree this would be the money he should make. The guy has played great this season, saved us a handful of games at the buzzer and his shooting FG%s have been better than last year. A 2 year, 18 million extension would be good...

The thing is, I am starting to believe that he may not be here in a week. There are way too many rumours around him and as Jeff said, "smoke = fire"

[winsomme]

just reiterating my question from the home page:

what is  a "league executive"?

  Usually someone that works in a deli, but sometimes it's someone that's actually associated with an nba team.

League executive usually is code someone who works in an NBA front office or for the league.

why would a "league executive" know that:

A. Ray wants to extend with the Cs
B. the Cs said definitely "No"

[Fafnir]

just reiterating my question from the home page:

what is  a "league executive"?

  Usually someone that works in a deli, but sometimes it's someone that's actually associated with an nba team.

League executive usually is code someone who works in an NBA front office or for the league.

why would a "league executive" know that:

A. Ray wants to extend with the Cs
B. the Cs said definitely "No"

Rumor mill, grapevine, whatever you want to call it.

[gar]

1)IF ray resigns for 7 MIL a year
2) IF PP opts out and signs an extension starting at 12 MIL
3) and IF Rondo signs an extension for 10 MIL a year then our roster would look like this going into the 2010-11 season

PG: Rondo
SG: Ray
SF: PP
PF: KG
 C: Perk

That puts us at 52 MIL so we would likely have about 5-7 MIL in cap space .

  I think this might be the first time this summer someone's posted a lineup that we can actually win the title with.

TP

[BballTim]

just reiterating my question from the home page:

what is  a "league executive"?

  Usually someone that works in a deli, but sometimes it's someone that's actually associated with an nba team.

League executive usually is code someone who works in an NBA front office or for the league.

why would a "league executive" know that:

A. Ray wants to extend with the Cs
B. the Cs said definitely "No"

  Why would Ray Allen not want an extension?

  And the Celts probably didn't say "No". They probably said "we'll talk about it later". Here's a blurb from a Herald article about a week ago http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1178864&srvc=rss :

  Yes, a Rondo contract extension is also up for discussion, as is how to handle Ray Allen, who is heading into the last year (worth $19.8 million) of his deal.

“Those are issues we’re not going to deal with until probably September and October, but definitely not in the summer,” Ainge said of Rondo and Allen. “Our priority is to get this team situated for next year.”

[winsomme]

just reiterating my question from the home page:

what is  a "league executive"?

  Usually someone that works in a deli, but sometimes it's someone that's actually associated with an nba team.

League executive usually is code someone who works in an NBA front office or for the league.

why would a "league executive" know that:

A. Ray wants to extend with the Cs
B. the Cs said definitely "No"

  Why would Ray Allen not want an extension?

  And the Celts probably didn't say "No". They probably said "we'll talk about it later". Here's a blurb from a Herald article about a week ago http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1178864&srvc=rss :

  Yes, a Rondo contract extension is also up for discussion, as is how to handle Ray Allen, who is heading into the last year (worth $19.8 million) of his deal.

“Those are issues we’re not going to deal with until probably September and October, but definitely not in the summer,” Ainge said of Rondo and Allen. “Our priority is to get this team situated for next year.”

the rumor being reported is that Ray wants an extension and that he's not going to get it in Boston.

the rumor isn't Ray Allen wants an extension because why wouldn't he want an extension, but he's not going to get it right now because Danny isn't going to even look at until September or October....

[zerophase]

i would like to give ray allen an extension if he takes a severe pay cut into the 5-10 mill range.