Suns to sign PJ Tucker

[Mainstreet]

Paul Coro@paulcoro
The #Suns have agreed to a three-year, $16.5M contract with restricted free agent P.J. Tucker. They keep their leader and top defender.

Fair contract.

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[Chaplin]

Nice. A little over 5 per. I'm ok with that.

 

[Errntknght]

A fair deal all around.

 

[Mainstreet]

Nice. A little over 5 per. I'm ok with that.

Especially considering he was underpaid for the last two seasons.

 

[hsandhu]

great deal for the current market. avery bradley gets 8 million, jodi meeks 6 million, 5 million for tucker is solid.

 

[az jam]

Good move, solid player.

 

[Superbone]

A little pricey but I like it!

 

[Ronin]

Good signing

 

[Mainstreet]

A little pricey but I like it!

We agreed 5M should be the max per season. I would not quibble over .5M a season.

We're good.

 

[devilalum]

This is infinitely better than throwing big money at a "Josh Childress."

 

[Mainstreet]

A slight change:

Paul Coro @paulcoro
P.J. Tucker has not signed his 3-year, $16.5M deal with the #Suns yet but the agreement includes a non-guaranteed $3.8M in the third year.

I hope this is not a deal breaker.

 

[CardsFan88]

He just might be holding out until we make other moves. Like Bledsoe, we want to sign him after we sign/trade for/sign other people.

Agreeing to a contract takes his situation off the table, and allow us to proceed how we want to.

Of course, it might not matter, but it indeed may.

 

[Battle of Evermore]

Glad to see PJ staying put. This is a fair contract for both sides

 

[Mainstreet]

He just might be holding out until we make other moves. Like Bledsoe, we want to sign him after we sign/trade for/sign other people.

Agreeing to a contract takes his situation off the table, and allow us to proceed how we want to.

Of course, it might not matter, but it indeed may.

It sounds likely the 3rd year is not fully guaranteed which is smart if it plays out this way. However, I do not want to lose Tucker over the 3rd year terms.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...cker-agree-to-3-year-165m-extension/12502407/

 

[SirStefan32]

Good deal. Glad he's staying in Phoenix.

 

[desertdawg]

He's tougher than Boozer.

 

[Superbone]

We agreed 5M should be the max per season. I would not quibble over .5M a season.

We're good.

What's a paltry half million between friends?

 

[Mainstreet]

He's tougher than Boozer.

However, it would be a mean looking pair to have Tucker at SF and Boozer at PF.

 

[Covert Rain]

Good signing.....please don't be the highlight of Free Agency......please don't be the highlight of Free Agency.

 

[mojorizen7]

Good deal. Glad he's staying in Phoenix.

Me too. It's like a shot of faith.

 

[KloD]

It sounds likely the 3rd year is not fully guaranteed which is smart if it plays out this way. However, I do not want to lose Tucker over the 3rd year terms.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...cker-agree-to-3-year-165m-extension/12502407/

Well the claim is that they have agreed. Doesn't mean he needs to sign it immediately. I don't think there's anything to worry about with anyone backing out. He's getting 2 years guaranteed and a third year partial. I'm sure he would have like to get more, but I think it's a fair deal for both parties.

 

[KloD]

Me too. It's like a shot of faith.

I like that! Yep, we wanted something. This is something.

 

[SirStefan32]

Well the claim is that they have agreed. Doesn't mean he needs to sign it immediately. I don't think there's anything to worry about with anyone backing out. He's getting 2 years guaranteed and a third year partial. I'm sure he would have like to get more, but I think it's a fair deal for both parties.

I'd argue that it would make sense for him not to sign the contract until the Suns sign any other FAs they may be interested in. They can go over the cap to sign Tucker, but can't go over the cap to sign other teams' FAs.

 

[KloD]

I'd argue that it would make sense for him not to sign the contract until the Suns sign any other FAs they may be interested in. They can go over the cap to sign Tucker, but can't go over the cap to sign other teams' FAs.

Exactly. No argument from me. I'm sure that's exactly what's going on. He should be the last contract signed this offseason.

 

[elindholm]

I'd argue that it would make sense for him not to sign the contract until the Suns sign any other FAs they may be interested in. They can go over the cap to sign Tucker, but can't go over the cap to sign other teams' FAs.

Right, except that the difference between Tucker's new first-year salary and his RFA cap hold is probably minimal.