Extending Mohammed

[Chris]

Ride the Nazr train for another year and let him go. By that time we will have an adjusted Oberto and possibly Mahini.

[beirmeistr]

Has anybody noticed that Mohammed resembles a young Robert Parish?

[Bruno]

Dampier contract is over 7 years.
It's 10M$/year for a 12/12 man.
Nazr will probably not get this in free agency next summer.
Gadzuric (1/8 man) get 36M$ over 6 years, Nazr best offer could be something like 45M$ over 5 years.
So if the spurs made an offer of 37M$ this summer, he should accept it.
What do you prefer :
- Having your last big contract now with one of the best nba team ?
- Hoping a great season knowing oberto is coming and you have had some injuries in the past to get 10 M$ more with maybe a bad team ?

37M$ sure is better than 45M$ maybe. All this, is asuming the new CBA allows a 37M$ extension

[Bruno]

In the new CBA the anual raise is 10.5% and the contract will start at 110.5% of 2005-2006 salary.
So if the maximun length is still the same, Nazr will get :
2006-2007 : 6.08 M$
2007-2008 : 6.72 M$
2008-2009 : 7.35 M$
2009-2010 : 7.99 M$
2010-2011 : 8.63 M$

36.77 M$ extension