Would you ever regret signing a four-year, $32 million contract?
Of course not.
You’re not Avery Bradley, though. He, apparently, is regretting the deal he signed to stay with the Boston Celtics in 2014, according to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe (h/t CBS Sports):
Avery Bradley has changed agents from Mitchell Butler of the Rival Sports Group to Rob Pelinka, who also represents Kobe Bryant. Butler was able to procure the oft-injured Bradley a four-year, $32 million contract extension last summer, considered an above-market deal. Now Bradley is apparently unhappy with his contract, especially after seeing players such as Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton (five years, $70 million), Utah’s Gordon Hayward (four years, $61 million), and Cleveland’s Tristan Thompson (five years, $82 million) cash in with lucrative extensions, making Bradley’s deal appear to be a bargain with the new television money increasing the salary cap this summer.
Bradley’s frustration is understandable. But the television money wasn’t necessarily at the forefront of every agent’s and team’s mind in 2014. Four years and $32 million sounded about right at the time, if a little low.
If Bradley wanted to capitalize on the TV money, he himself should of thought to go the two-plus-one route, signing a deal that would have allowed him to become a free agent again in either 2016 or 2017.
As it stands, he’s slated for free agency in 2018, when the cap will have jumped twice and settled in above $100 million. He’s only 25 now, will be just 27 then, is one of the league’s premier three-and-D assets, and $32 million is still a lot of money.
Don’t worry about him. He’ll be just fine.
