coloradosun said:This was my point is either way he is guaranteed 70M, yes he could make more in the added year if he is healthy. But if he is not the 6th year could be 0 or a minimum contract in some form. Take Penny Hardaway or Allan Houston for example they are not going to get great contracts after this season. But the guaranteed money is always there. Hardaway and Houston have had to endure being on losing teams while under these huge contracts making the justification of their salaries questioned.
Allan Houston is so famed for his contract that now they have an new clause named just for him, that has to be humiliating in some way but in another he has his money, so for him 100M is 100M.
I would really like to sell you something. Michael Jordan made something like $34 million his last season in Chicago. By your logic taken to an extreme that is only a little bit better than the contract Bell just got from the Phoenix Suns. After all, Jordan only received a few million dollars more (even if it was in four fewer years).
I'm not sure if Colangelo would have given JJ that $50 million last summer. JJ had hardly proven he was worth that they contract before last season. I still think it's amazing that JJ could command such a large contract when he was the third or fourth scoring option last season. I'm sure Sarver never imagined that JJ would get so much more this summer.
Besides, throwing big money around hasn't always worked out well for Jerry Colangelo and the Phoenix Suns. Anybody here remember Tom Gugliotta?
Joe Mama