Yeah, $13.44M is the most it can be.
No not bad at all - but mildly surprising considering TD's/Manu's deals. I guess TP figures they will have cap space when they need it (after Tim/Manu are gone) regardless and he will rely on TD/Manu to take the paycuts to add to the team while they are here.
It's the max extension he could get based on his previous salary.
Do you think Danny will get one too?
3 years/45 million.
Not bad. Parker is the best PG in the league hands down, and it's about time he gets paid like it. Chris Paul still makes 20 mil a year, but he has to give 50% of that back to the state of California due to their insane income taxes, which Texas doesn't even have. So Tony is actually making 5 mil more than him now. It's about damn time.
No, it's 100% accurate is what it is. He wanted the security the extension provided and took the max of it.
how much did you expect him to take, 10M?
Of course, but he's likely to be better next season, since he's resting this summer. I think he would have gotten bigger offers had he hit FA. I guess good for the Spurs that he's not.
well i did not see that coming.
Danny can't be extended (only players on contracts at least 4 years long can be extended). He'll be a free agent next summer.
Didn't you just answer your own question? His 3 year max would have been nearly $70m if he had waited until the summer, and would have certainly had suitors at that price even though I doubt he would choose to leave. It gives him security of course, but $43m is quite a low figure from his perspective IMO. I expected him to start at at least $14m and try and get a 4th year.
Absolutely. Also, winning the le probably took the pressure off of everyone to take less to win. They are still in good shape and TD/Manu who are older will be the ones to "take less" if they want to while they are here. I'm glad TP is locked up and this shows a commitment by both TP/Spurs that TP will stay even after TD/Manu are gone (more than likely).
I am more concerned about the Kawhi deal. I really hope the Spurs don't max Kawhi out with the 5yr max.
Those numbers say a lot about Tony being a major part of teams that have been good enough to play in a whole lot of playoff games.
Assuming he stays healthy for the next few years and the Spurs don't bottom out when Duncan retires (which now seems much less likely), Parker has a relatively good shot at finishing his career near the very top of the all-time lists in:
playoff games -- at 196, he's 63 short of Derek Fisher(259) for 1st; 5th place at the moment is Kobe with 220, so that's definitely within reach:
Games
259 -- Fisher
244 -- Horry
237 -- Abdul-Jabbar
234 -- Duncan
220 -- Bryant
216 -- O'Neal
208 -- Ainge
196 -- Parker
points -- he's 13th, but will almost certainly pass Havlicek and Hakeem to move into 11th place the next time he plays in the playoffs (he's only 50 points short of Hakeem for 12th, and 71 points short of Havlicek for 11th). One more long playoff run should get him past Larry Bird for 10th. Beyond that, it's at least another 500 points to jump into the top 9:
Points
5987 -- Jordan
5762 -- Abdul-Jabbar
5640 -- Bryant
5250 -- O'Neal
4988 -- Duncan
4761 -- K. Malone
4580 -- Erving
4457 -- West
4419 -- James
3897 -- Bird
3776 -- Havlicek
3755 -- Olajuwon
3705 -- Parker
assists -- he's 8th now, but only 6 behind Kobe for 7th, only 14 behind Pippen for 6th, only 27 behind Nash for 5th, and only 28 behind Bird for 4th. If he plays in the 2015 playoffs, Parker should at least finish that run ahead of Pippen and Bird, and will likely be ahead of Kobe. He won't be chasing Nash for long, even if Nash plays in the 2015 playoffs:
Assists
2346 -- Johnson
1839 -- Stockton
1263 -- Kidd
1062 -- Bird
1061 -- Nash
1048 -- Pippen
1040 -- Bryant
1034 -- Parker
He always said he wanted a extension tho, so it was never really a question... The thing tho is that he only has one of the 3 main ligaments on one of his ankles, which was the reason the last year of his previous deal was only partially garanteed so going for a extension is probably smart...
Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks.
I thought something around 3/36.
Agreed. The term 'max' has too many different meanings to be useful, a max extension is very different to a max contract in free agency.
@Matthew_Tynan
Parker extension details (if backloaded):2015-16: $13,437,5002016-17: $14,445,3122017-18: $15,453,124
calling it the max makes perfect sense because they couldn't possibly have given more at this stage
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Barring an injury or a significant regression in playing level, Kawhi's annual salary in his next deal will be at or near the max. With the predicted increases in the salary cap, locking him up for 5 years at 2015 prices is not the worst thing that could happen.
On a serious note, this aligns with the "2017 plan" now... Gotta take care of Kawhi and hope Timmy and/or Manu feel like playing for another 2-3 years.
backloading it wouldn't be consistent with the other deals we've seen the last 2 summers. diaw, mills, splitter, and manu all had frontloaded deals
although i think since its an extension its probably not able to be frontloaded
Hmmm hopefully this extension makes him reconsider whether or not he wants to playing internationally anymore...
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