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Originally Posted by butterfly
Matthews got a 4 year deal. They are getting all his best years and can let someone else pay the “look what he did” sucker’s deal.
Sooner or later GMs will figure out why players are so desperate for 8-year deals at the end of RFA or slightly later (they know they’re at their peak and the decline is about to start) and stop giving them out.
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Maybe it is just me but I think Matthews signed a 4 year deal for 15.3% of the cap because his agent told him in 4 years after the escrow is rolled off and there are multiple years of 5% increases to make up for the general lack of increases over the past 3 years that signing another contract for 15.3% of a 104 million dollar cap or perhaps even taking a haircut and only signing for 14.5% of a 104 million dollar cap would be more money.
It may be my low opinion of Treliving but I don’t think Matthews signed for 4 years because the GM got smart and told him to walk if he wanted anything more than 4 years.