Pau re-signs for 3y, 64.7m

[Venti Quattro]

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angele...ory?id=4768800

[Spursmania]

[ElNono]

Pau should have pushed for a 5 year deal... Once the Lakers fail to repeat at the end of the season, he's not going to have the leverage he has now.

[TheMACHINE]

Thank you Jerry West!

[JoeTait75]

Couch-cushion money to Dr. Buss, and that will be one monster trade piece in the expiring year if they want it to be.

[bostonguy]

Pretty rich contract but he is well worth it.

[usdane]

Back 2 Back 2 Back

[Mel_13]

Pau should have pushed for a 5 year deal... Once the Lakers fail to repeat at the end of the season, he's not going to have the leverage he has now.

Pau's current deal goes through the end of the 2010-11 season. Three years is the maximum extension he can sign right now per the CBA. If he had waited until the end of this season he could have signed a 4 yr extension.

Very few players are worth max money to their teams. IMO, Pau has earned this extension from the Lakers.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

How much of this money is going to Jerry West?

[IronMexican]

Crazy money. But, well deserved.

[KSeal]

So he did get the max or he didn't? That LA Times article words it strangely.

[TheMACHINE]

How much of this money is going to Jerry West?

i'd give west 1% which is still a good amount.

[21_Blessings]

So he did get the max or he didn't? That LA Times article words it strangely.

I think he did.

[mystargtr34]

Why should West get any of Pau's money? Just give him a ring if the Lakers win championships.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Why should West get any of Pau's money?

Ya, the joke was forced so badly that it really didn't make any sense.

[KSeal]

Terms according to Yahoo dude on twitter

http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/6981312256

[IronMexican]

So the actual deal is under 60 million? Not like the Lakers can really go after anyone, anyways.

[mystargtr34]

Ya, the joke was forced so badly that it really didn't make any sense.

Sorry, continue..

[KSeal]

So the actual deal is under 60 million? Not like the Lakers can really go after anyone, anyways.

According to that guy it's worth 56.9.

[IronMexican]

According to that guy it's worth 56.9.

That's nice. 8 million less than first reported(Which is 16 million in Buss' pocket)

[mystargtr34]

I would guess the $56.9M is the minimum he could earn, and the $64.7M the max with basic incentives such as playing 60 games... or making an All-Star team, or making the West Finals...

[KSeal]

I would guess the $56.9M is the minimum he could earn, and the $64.7M the max with basic incentives such as playing 60 games... or making an All-Star team, or making the West Finals...

Nah, I'm pretty sure it's those numbers straight up. That 64.7 number was never the actual number, just what the LA times speculated. Stein says the new contract has a trader kicker though, his old contract didn't I guess.

[ginobili's bald spot]

here's the breakdown...



$18,714,150 in 2011-12,

$19,000,000 in 2012-13

$19,285,850 in 2013-14

[Disturbed]

So the actual deal is under 60 million? Not like the Lakers can really go after anyone, anyways.

Well every little bit helps. The lower it is the better the chances the Lakers spend more money elsewhere. Like resigning a Shannon Brown or Jordan Farmar. Or using the MLE again on a Free Agent.

[IronMexican]

Like resigning Jordan Farmar.

Pass. Even for the league minimum.