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Originally Posted by Macho0978
I don't think Ras is bluffing, I think he is betting on himself. I think he had a bad year and has been trending in the wrong direction the last 3. Teams want him, but at a certain price based on how he has played the last 3 years. I think he thinks he is better than that and deserve more than teams are offering.
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That is a difficult bet to make. I think most teams would be comfortable extending him for 8x$8.5M, maybe more with the cap going up. For the sake of argument, we could pretend he is going to maintain his fitness levels enough to play until he is 37, which would be the end of his 8 year deal.
8x$8.5M gets him $68M.
On a 6 year deal he would need to get $11.3M to get equivalent earnings to the 8 year deal at $8.5M. Even with the cap going up, I do not believe he can get into those numbers / cap hit. Which means he would need big money on his 35yo contract.
6x$10M + 2x$4M would also get him to $68M by 37. Any kind of injury or significant decline next season and his career earnings would take a huge hit (see Klingberg), not to mention the contract he would need to sign at 35.
There is a lot of risk in the 6 year plan.