Pierce willing to restructure the last year of his deal.

[guava_wrench]

Players say all sorts of things. Especially when they are on top.

[xmuscularghandix]

i really think hes going to opt out and resign a 4 yr 30 mil deal.

He would lose almost $14 million that first year (2011) alone. Why would he do that? It makes no sense...

So that the team can sign players to make the team better

[Celtic]

Would be awesome, but like others have said, I'll believe it when I see it.

[Fafnir]

Players say all sorts of things. Especially when they are on top.

I have to agree, until we hear about specific negotiations I won't get too excited.

Is Danny even interested in extending Pierce? He obviously isn't all that interested in working with Ray till after this season. He could easily take the same tack with Pierce.

Pierce isn't going to opt out and leave if he doesn't get an extension, that's too much money to give up.

[Fafnir]

i really think hes going to opt out and resign a 4 yr 30 mil deal.

He would lose almost $14 million that first year (2011) alone. Why would he do that? It makes no sense...

So that the team can sign players to make the team better

We'd still likely be over the cap and only have the MLE to work with though...

[Celtic]

i really think hes going to opt out and resign a 4 yr 30 mil deal.

He would lose almost $14 million that first year (2011) alone. Why would he do that? It makes no sense...

So that the team can sign players to make the team better

There is no chance of this happening, he may be willing to take a little less, but not this much.

[ma11l]

That is a true player that loves winning and his team...

we've got a couple of true players around here

This guy used to be a true player, I'm starting to lose faith that he still is.  And this is not because he's missing easy touchdown passes, it's his behavior off the field.  However that's a whole nother forum for discussion.


I feel good about Pierce riding off into the sunset as a Celtic.  Hopefully the two parties will be able to strike a good deal.

[Fafnir]

This guy used to be a true player, I'm starting to lose faith that he still is.  And this is not because he's missing easy touchdown passes, it's his behavior off the field.  However that's a whole nother forum for discussion.


I feel good about Pierce riding off into the sunset as a Celtic.  Hopefully the two parties will be able to strike a good deal.

I think its silly to think of people as "players". That's only a small part of their life, the part we get to see.

[JSD]

I think there is a misconception here that if Pierce opt out he will be taking a discount.

1) Pierce picks up his option and gets an extension.

$21 + $10 + $11 + $12 = $54 Million over 4 years

2) Pierce opts out and signs a new deal

$14 + $14 + $14 + $14 = $56 Million over 4 years

If he chooses "2" he will be making a smart business decision for himself and help the Celtics avoid luxury tax penalties... Not taking a discount.

[MilwaukeeTeen]

 he says he doesn't want to be stuck on a bad team, so I see no 4 year deal, but maybe he will take a 2 year 24 million deal it would be cool if ray, sheed, pierce, and KG all came off the books at the same time, but other franchizes like the bulls with MJ, rodman, and Pippen they were 34,35,-38. So this team can compete at atleast 2-3 more years while being a top 5 team. As long as they get guys like Travis Outlaw next year where he can score 15 pts off the bench and take pressure off the older guys. I like talking basketball, I'm a celtics fan cus of ray allen in his milwaukee days. I don't like when people sya the celtics cna't win there 2 old. All champions have older players and 32-34 isn't real old

[JSD]

maybe he will take a 2 year 24 million deal it would be cool if ray, sheed, pierce, and KG all came off the books at the same time

So he rips up a 1 year $21 million dollar deal and signs a 2 year deal worth $24 million 

I'll give you a mulligan on that one.

[MilwaukeeTeen]

Well maybe not come to think of it, but I was just giving an example if he wanted to take less money and was worried about being on a team for 4 years and he didn't know the future. He might keep that contract and take a 1-2 year extension after next season.

[Chris]

I think there is a misconception here that if Pierce opt out he will be taking a discount.

1) Pierce picks up his option and gets an extension.

$21 + $10 + $11 + $12 = $54 Million over 4 years

2) Pierce opts out and signs a new deal

$14 + $14 + $14 + $14 = $56 Million over 4 years

He will be making a smart business decision for himself and help the Celtics avoid luxury tax penalties.

Yeah, I think these are the two most likely scenarios.

[Greenbean]

I think there is a misconception here that if Pierce opt out he will be taking a discount.

1) Pierce picks up his option and gets an extension.

$21 + $10 + $11 + $12 = $54 Million over 4 years

2) Pierce opts out and signs a new deal

$14 + $14 + $14 + $14 = $56 Million over 4 years

He will be making a smart business decision for himself and helping the Celtics avoid luxury tax penalties.

I read through Jsaad's other thread also and I cannot figure out why people don't think this will/can happen. It makes sense for Pierce 100% to Opt out if it effectively gives him a fair value extension. Im not so sure if the Celtics are game.

I think the team is more likely to offer a 3 year deal at around 43 million.

Would Pierce take the 3 year deal? This is going to be his last big contract so he needs to be careful.

An awful lot is riding on how he performs this year. It is almost like a contract year even though HE has the option.

[JSD]

I think there is a misconception here that if Pierce opt out he will be taking a discount.

1) Pierce picks up his option and gets an extension.

$21 + $10 + $11 + $12 = $54 Million over 4 years

2) Pierce opts out and signs a new deal

$14 + $14 + $14 + $14 = $56 Million over 4 years

If he chooses "2" he will be making a smart business decision for himself and help the Celtics avoid luxury tax penalties... Not taking a discount.

Edit - I fixed it.