Correction
An important addendum to my earlier post. I should have read my primer on the collective bargaining agreement, but in my haste to get out the door on the holiday, I forgot that any four- or five-year contract Derek Fisher receives is subject to a special set of rules.
The league has rules that come into play for every year a player is under contract past age 35. They're called over 36 rules and make the assumption that players aren't going to still be playing at that age.
It comes into play with Fisher because he's 32 and could sign a contract in which the final two years are subject to these rules. As a result, the most guaranteed money Fisher's going from a full midlevel deal to get is three years and $17.8 million.
He would lose about $2.8 million in all between his old contract in Utah and his new contract with another team.
Of course, if he able to play to 38 AND get a full midlevel deal, Fisher would stand to make the $31.9 million I cited earlier. Like I said before, the rules assume you'll be on a golf course somewhere at that age as a player.
It doesn't change the original premise of my post, which is that I'm startled to see Fisher's agent talking big contract less than a day after Fisher was released from the last three years of his deal with Utah.
It seemed questionable at best after the sincere and emotional way in which Fisher left. There's no doubt that 99 percent of Fisher's decision to be released was due to his daughter's condition. But the other 1 percent is also worth considering.
--Ross Siler
The league has rules that come into play for every year a player is under contract past age 35. They're called over 36 rules and make the assumption that players aren't going to still be playing at that age.
It comes into play with Fisher because he's 32 and could sign a contract in which the final two years are subject to these rules. As a result, the most guaranteed money Fisher's going from a full midlevel deal to get is three years and $17.8 million.
He would lose about $2.8 million in all between his old contract in Utah and his new contract with another team.
Of course, if he able to play to 38 AND get a full midlevel deal, Fisher would stand to make the $31.9 million I cited earlier. Like I said before, the rules assume you'll be on a golf course somewhere at that age as a player.
It doesn't change the original premise of my post, which is that I'm startled to see Fisher's agent talking big contract less than a day after Fisher was released from the last three years of his deal with Utah.
It seemed questionable at best after the sincere and emotional way in which Fisher left. There's no doubt that 99 percent of Fisher's decision to be released was due to his daughter's condition. But the other 1 percent is also worth considering.
--Ross Siler
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