Ray Allen Wants Extension

I think Ray can play at this level for another 3 years solidly and not lose a step. He should get $9 million a year for 3 more years and maybe even a team option for more years.

He’s a franchise type player who has one of the best +/- differentials in the NBA.

eight or nine million

depending on if pierce takes a pay cut also maybe a little more if pierce and allen both made 10 mill a year instead of the twenty mill or so we got 10 million to pay rondo and about 12 million left over for another player

if we keep every1

I’m honestly concerned more about years than dollars. I’ll let Danny and Wyc determine dollars, but I’d love to see him on a two year deal. My plan if I was GM would be to have Ray, Paul, and KG all expire in the summer of 2012. If things are going strong and we have a few titles, we extend them to 2013. If not, we have the option of trading any or all of them or letting any or all of them expire.

Ray Allen is a class act. The kind of player should retire as a Celtic. But Danny will wait. He knows the salary cap is going down.
The only thing that bothers me is if Ray starts getting nervous about this…

Ray will be 35 when his contract expires…his game relies heavily upon quickness…he has had his share of health problems in the past.

Danny still has vivid and painful memories of how the Big 3 {Larry, Chief, Kevin} looked from 1988-1993. Plus, lots of top free agents will be available next summer.

If Ray thinks Danny is going to extend him at anything that even resembles $9-10M per year….he does NOT know the real Danny Ainge!

why would anyone in their right mind sign him to an extension before the season?

… like Title 18 said, his contract will expire at the age of 35. He will be fortunate it to get the same contract Rasheed got from Danny in IMO.

Danny will wait until the end of the season to determine Ray’s worth. I can see a 2 or 3 year deal at about 8 mill per year if Ray plays well this year.

No reason to lock up the money now since that will hamstring Danny financially if something better comes along. I don’t see Ray being traded midseason but leaving him as an expiring deal keeps that door open. Having him expire next year doesn’t make us players in FA under the cap but gives Danny some working room to figure out if a good MLE player is available and then resign Ray based on the team salary structure at that point.

I’d really like to see the Celtics look for a really good trade with Ray Allen, to make the most use of his expiring contract. I really do think there’s a possibility the Celtics could get a somewhat young all-star in such a trade, and that it’d be worth it for the long term health of the team. If they can’t, then I’m all for keeping Ray for a reasonable price.

Again, his body is declining quickly. If you don’t believe me then go look up “Ray Allen supersonic” clips and you’ll notice a dramatic difference. I love the guy, but I’m freightened to see how much of a defensive liability he’ll be in another year or two. Plus, he doesn’t beat people off the dribble, so defenders are able to crowd him. For this reason I am more concerned with the years and not the $. But, resigning him will definitely restrict the team’s financials, and I wouldn’t want the re-signing of Ray to cause Rondo to not get signed!

Ray will probably have to wait a while until the Rondo situation is handled. After that, I see them offering him 8 million a year for two years with a third year team option. Look at what
Sheed got, and he hadn’t done a thing for the Celtics.$5.9 million, add two to that, and Ray signs and finishes his career here. He is such a quality player and human being, he should have been in Green his whole career. I would be very disappointed if this turned out any differently.

The boston smelltics are green with envy! Go CAVS

someone please tell paul pierce to lose weight

i just don’t see a big market for a 35 yr old shooting guard. and i don’t see many other situations as beneficial as ours for ray either. so i say 2 yrs 16mil 3rd yr option for 10mil. after 2 yrs we can still have the flexibility to re-evaluate and if an option like a kevin durant comes up we can perhaps take advantage.

we have to use that money to get a younger, blue chip FA. Sorry Ray.