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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Only if you assume they would have paid him $10M for this year if he signed in the summer. Which, IMO, is not a good assumption to make.
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I don't know why not. The reason for that deal is to manage cap hit year to year. That wouldn't have changed.
But the point for other players is that a holdout rarely results in a significant increase. I doubt he made a whole lot more in this contract than what was being offered.