The real action should start in a couple days. Who do the C's sign? Anybody, Somebody good I hope. It's the only real chance we have, to get better this year with the aging 3 still playing at the top of their game.
And also, what can we offer exactly. Can we offer a 4 year MLE contract. That would be around 24 million?
Thanks to Roy Hobbs for this:
10) What's the max contract we could give to another team's free agent?
We can offer any free agent (assuming they're not named Gerald Green or Antoine Walker) the MLE, which as noted above will begin at approximately $5.5 million. The max we can offer is a 5 year deal, with an annual raise in the amount of 8% of the first year's contract value. Thus, using the estimated number, the breakdown is as follows:
Year 1: $5,500,000
Year 2: $5,940,000 (8% raise equal to $444,000)
Year 3: $6,384,000 ($444,000 raise)
Year 4: $6,828,000 ($444,000 raise)
Year 5: $7,272,000 ($444,000 raise)
Thus,based upon the estimated amount of the MLE, the max contracts we can give are:
One year deal: $5,500,000
Two year deal: $11,440,000
Three year deal: $17,824,000
Four year deal: $24,652,000
Five year deal: $31,924,000
We could also offer any player the LLE, which is $1.99 million this year and $2.08 million next season.
Lastly, we could try to work out a sign-and-trade with another team, in which that case would sign the player to a new contract (with the player's consent, of course) and trade him to the Celtics in return for players from our current roster.
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