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Originally Posted by blender
Nothing you are saying is incorrect, but one very legitimate reason for him not to test free agency is the eighth year. It could be a 10m year.
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With the extra year, plus going an extra $1M than anyone else on salary, it actually grosses him an extra $18.75M
7x$10.25 = $71.25M
8x10.25 = $82M
8x$11.25 = $90M
7x$10.75= $75.25M
8x$10.75 = $86M
8x$11.75 = $94M
That’s a reason to stay. That’s basically $20M extra - I don’t care how much I’d like to play in my home town, I don’t care what the tax rate is.
$20M is $20M.
So, they can keep him. They just have to give him better term and dollars.