Goran Dragic
06-30-2010, 11:52 AM
Since everyone is starting threads about rumors, I figure this is fine since this is actually going on.
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2010/06/29/20100629phoenix-suns-amare-stoudemire.html#comments
Suns Managing Partner Robert Sarver has stuck to the idea of giving Stoudemire a maximum-salary deal for four years (his existing remaining option season plus three more) but not for the maximum six years (option plus a five-year extension) that Stoudemire has desired. NBA sources said Sarver might be willing to change the extension's length to four years, which would give Stoudemire a five-year deal worth $107 million.
I was a huge advocate of keeping him for a 4 year price tag, not sure how I feel about this added year. He probably has at the minimum 3 good years left, so the extra year isn't a big deal but it's almost a sure thing he won't live up to the final year of a 5 year deal. Amare had a recent MRI on his knees and that's what's prompting Sarver to be so cautious about going beyond 4 years. If he's receiving advice from professionals that he shouldn't go beyond 4 years, then he should take the advice rather than give out a bad contract just to sell tickets and prevent more backlash against him.
Fuck, it woulda been so much easier for Sarver just to pay Kerr so he wouldn't be trying to save face with the fans right now and people woulda had the team's back with whatever decision they needed to make. Now Sarver is gonna do a bunch of dumb shit just so people stop hating him so much.
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2010/06/29/20100629phoenix-suns-amare-stoudemire.html#comments
Suns Managing Partner Robert Sarver has stuck to the idea of giving Stoudemire a maximum-salary deal for four years (his existing remaining option season plus three more) but not for the maximum six years (option plus a five-year extension) that Stoudemire has desired. NBA sources said Sarver might be willing to change the extension's length to four years, which would give Stoudemire a five-year deal worth $107 million.
I was a huge advocate of keeping him for a 4 year price tag, not sure how I feel about this added year. He probably has at the minimum 3 good years left, so the extra year isn't a big deal but it's almost a sure thing he won't live up to the final year of a 5 year deal. Amare had a recent MRI on his knees and that's what's prompting Sarver to be so cautious about going beyond 4 years. If he's receiving advice from professionals that he shouldn't go beyond 4 years, then he should take the advice rather than give out a bad contract just to sell tickets and prevent more backlash against him.
Fuck, it woulda been so much easier for Sarver just to pay Kerr so he wouldn't be trying to save face with the fans right now and people woulda had the team's back with whatever decision they needed to make. Now Sarver is gonna do a bunch of dumb shit just so people stop hating him so much.