11-17-2020, 04:59 PM
(11-17-2020, 04:01 PM)Kammrath Wrote:(11-17-2020, 03:57 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Is it legal to extend a player for less money than his current contract?
Yes. @"DanSchwartzman" explained that you have limits to how much you can raise it, but theoretically you can downsize it in an unlimited way. If my memory serves.
The “when” part of this is important if it is an extend-and-trade. Total is 3 seasons. Haywood’s best position is to opt-into his final season and extend for two beyond that. For that to happen, the deal is actually done in the new season so that 20/21 is one, 21/22 is two and 22/23 is three.
The extension of the deadline past the draft and to the deadline for other PO’s allows time for teams to have more data. For Dallas that might include who was available at various picks and knowing for sure whether THJ actually opted in or not. Of course, there could be all sorts of non-Dallas implications.