The Pelinka factor
Don't think that Carlos Boozer's going to command a huge contract if and when he opts out with the Jazz? I suggest you take a look at the track record of his agent Rob Pelinka in recent summers.
2008
Keyon Dooling 3 years, $10.7 million contract with New Jersey.
Andre Iguodala 6 years, $80 million extension with Philadelphia.
Corey Maggette 5 years, $48 million contract with Golden State.
Sasha Vujacic 3 years, $15 million contract with Lakers.
2007
Derek Fisher 3 years, $14.1 million contract with Lakers.
Morris Peterson $4 years, $22.4 million contract with New Orleans, including a trade kicker.
Gerald Wallace 6 years, $57 million contract with Charlotte.
2006
Chris Kaman 5 years, $52 million extension with Clippers, including a trade kicker.
Pelinka doesn't represent the most players in the NBA - - only 14, according to his Web site - - but it's hard to argue that even one of his clients has come out a loser in signing a new contract the last three summers.
EDIT: As one reader called to note this afternoon, Pelinka does have one blemish on his record. Back in 2006, DeShawn Stevenson opted out of his contract with Orlando and turned down a three-year, $10 million offer from the Magic. When free-agent money dried up around the league, Stevenson replaced Pelinka with Mark Bartelstein and settled for a contract that paid him the league-minimum $932,015 for the 2006-07 season.
Otherwise, Pelinka's recent record doesn't even count the six-year, $68 million contract Boozer signed with the Jazz in 2004, or the seven-year, $136 million contract Kobe Bryant - - another client - -signed with the Lakers that same summer.
I would love to know more about how agents sell teams on their players, but I think it's safe to assume that Boozer won't be opting out unless he and Pelinka believe there are two or more interested teams who will bid up his price.
And if you look at the aforementioned deals Pelinka has negotiated the last two summers, I think you can see why Boozer claimed back in December that he'd be getting a raise with his new contract.
--Ross Siler
2008
Keyon Dooling 3 years, $10.7 million contract with New Jersey.
Andre Iguodala 6 years, $80 million extension with Philadelphia.
Corey Maggette 5 years, $48 million contract with Golden State.
Sasha Vujacic 3 years, $15 million contract with Lakers.
2007
Derek Fisher 3 years, $14.1 million contract with Lakers.
Morris Peterson $4 years, $22.4 million contract with New Orleans, including a trade kicker.
Gerald Wallace 6 years, $57 million contract with Charlotte.
2006
Chris Kaman 5 years, $52 million extension with Clippers, including a trade kicker.
Pelinka doesn't represent the most players in the NBA - - only 14, according to his Web site - - but it's hard to argue that even one of his clients has come out a loser in signing a new contract the last three summers.
EDIT: As one reader called to note this afternoon, Pelinka does have one blemish on his record. Back in 2006, DeShawn Stevenson opted out of his contract with Orlando and turned down a three-year, $10 million offer from the Magic. When free-agent money dried up around the league, Stevenson replaced Pelinka with Mark Bartelstein and settled for a contract that paid him the league-minimum $932,015 for the 2006-07 season.
Otherwise, Pelinka's recent record doesn't even count the six-year, $68 million contract Boozer signed with the Jazz in 2004, or the seven-year, $136 million contract Kobe Bryant - - another client - -signed with the Lakers that same summer.
I would love to know more about how agents sell teams on their players, but I think it's safe to assume that Boozer won't be opting out unless he and Pelinka believe there are two or more interested teams who will bid up his price.
And if you look at the aforementioned deals Pelinka has negotiated the last two summers, I think you can see why Boozer claimed back in December that he'd be getting a raise with his new contract.
--Ross Siler
11:57 AM
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2 Comments:
Nice research Ross. I agree, it would be interesting to know how agents sell teams on the players they represent. Let alone a player that only plays in 2/3 of a season on average.
Eric's last sentence is the part that's the most interesting to me. Why would you give max money, or anything near it, to a player who only plays 2/3 of the time, and only on one end of the court?
I say, let him get his raise--more power to him! Just not in Utah.
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