According to the Boston Globe :
Marquis Daniels has signed with the Celtics, who are expected to make an announcement on Tuesday, according to a league source.
Daniels will earn a one-year biannual exception contract worth $1.99 million. The Celtics had attempted to increase Daniels' salary with a sign and trade deal.
I'm glad that this story is going to end but I'm really disappointed that we have Daniels for only one year... the search for a backup wing will continue next summer.
Depends on a lot of things, if we win a title and he's a big part of it he'll probably want to get paid like Posey. But you never know what will happen.
Remember all the Powe/BBD predictions throughout last year, especially after KG's injury. You can't project that far into the future.
True but Big Baby did get just about what everyone expected him to get which was right around $3 million and if Powe didn't get hurt and played in the playoffs, he might have gotten close to an MLE contract. Portland would definitely have thrown money at Powe if he was healthy.
So I don't think it's unreasonable to say that Daniels is probably only here a year given that because of salary cap restrictions the best offer he can possibly(realistically) get from the Celtics would be a 4 year/$11 million deal. And he wouldn't even have to average 14 PPG to do better than that with the exposure he'll get.
If Powe was healthy, he would've been restricted. Baby was restricted, which deflated his value a bit. This year in particular, on the eve of one if not the most anticipated free-agency class in NBA history made it quite hard for players to find contracts at the expected value. This was particularly important for players seeking multi-year contracts, and restricted free-agents can only get offer sheets for multi year contracts.
I think that will change next year, once the big names come off the board and everyone notices that they've been planning for nothing.
Tell that to Marcin Gortat, Jarrett Jack, and Paul Milsap.
If Powe had remained healthy, I have every confidence in the world that Orlando does not beat Boston, Powe would have shined and that he would have ended up signing with what was originally being expected last summer, that being somewhere in the $4-6 million a year range.
Some expections, as there always have been. Not saying that Powe wouldn't have gotten it, but it's not a sure thing either because of his restricted status. The problem is not that some got paid, the problem is that teams that were willing to pay period were on extremely limited supply this year.
Where's David Lee at? Nate Robinson? Reymond Felton? Ramon Sessions? CJ Watson? Linas Kleiza?
If not mistaken, historically if you wanted a restricted free-agent, you would have to overpay. Toronto might've gotten a bit lucky that the Pacers have a high incentive in not paying luxury tax this year, so Jarrett Jack was a good choice for them. Paul Milsap has turned out to be a [dang]ed good player and so has Marcin Gortat. With the offer Marcin got, there was a really good chance Orlando wouldn't match. If the vibe around the league was the Orlando would match, as the Celtics did with Baby, I'm not so sure Marcin would've gotten that offer. Orlando kinda shot themselves in the foot.
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