Given the Celtics payroll flexibility going forward, I think we’ll be one of the teams set-up quite well to compete. We’re really the only current elite team set-up to make future moves. Hopefully players will want to come here.

But good on Danny for getting the max allowable (for now) offer out there. We don’t want Perk to feel unwanted.

the fact the C’s tried to extend him for as much as they currently could is a good signal to the fans that they value Perk and a good signal to Perk that he’s valued by the franchise.

Perk’s looking for a real payday and can’t blame him. He’d easily make $30 mill over 4 years in free agency and probably close to $10 mill per year. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves over the current market for good young centers that play high quality defense.

—only not to cause the C’s to offer too little because he’s made his intentions to stay with the C’s obvious.

That’s kind of how the Captain played it this year: he didn’t let on how much he was decided to stay in Boston, made only a few general noises about the market and process—and let his agent handle things.

Rondo’s extension was way more than 110.5% of the last year of his rookie contract (more like 200%).

With Perk already on his 2nd contract, that would explain the limitations. No way Perk signs for that little money, he’ll prpbably make more than that even under the new CBA.

He’s a player only a few teams in the league have a need for, or for that matter, are capable of maximizing his abilities.

He’s a prototypical role player on a championship caliber team. These are exactly the type of players the owners have historically overspent for (and subsequently regretted), and will be looking to protect themselves from going forward.

You guys all do a good job

RE: CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, CNN

Facts haven’t mattered to journalists for decades.

But I don’t think there’s any chance in hell the Celtics would let him leave for just MLE type money, which is all Miami can offer.

With his Bird rights (assuming all these things stay consistent in the next CBA) I don’t doubt they’ll offer him 1-2mil more than Miami can, in the 7-8mil per year range, at least.

Only chance I see Perk leaving, is if some cap friendly team out there throws a real albatross contact at him, we’re talking 4 years, 45mil range. Which I just don’t see happening, and am praying it doesn’t.

So if they use that as a bench mark, it causes a real problem.

Noah is obviously a more complete player, he’s worth that 50mil. He has a much more polished offensive game, and can knock down short to mid range jump shots plus hit his freebies.

Haywood, is not worth anywhere near what he’s paid, so the scary thought is, if Perk’s agents look at that deal and say… well if this guy is getting 50mil, Perk should be too.

I think Perk falls into a more 7-9mil range.

I’d be comfortable giving him a 5 year, 40-45mil deal. It puts him just under Noah’s deal, which seems fair to me, Noah’s offensive game is far more polished.