in the future, consider contributing to a thread already on the topic, especially when there are twelve just like it.
on the front page.
Anyway, the problems with your take, which I actually already agree with, are:
1) Tony wants the max, we dont' want to give it if we are a bottom dweller after TD leaves and he might not be worth it in that case either.
2) Tony might not want to stay after TD retires if we suck, which we might.
3) Tony is not a piece you can really build around: a great 2nd piece but not a franchise player. Paying him like one, and building around him, is doomed to failure.
4) TP depends on his speed for 90% of his game. He is in his prime at 28-29, but he has 10 years on NBA seasons and playoff games on him. If he gets 5 years, he might not give you the full number of years of production that you pay for when he is 33 or 34 and slow...
that is for starters the opposition position.
plus, in before the lock i reckon.