<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Price Will Go Up</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Nov 2</span> - Andre Iguodala insisted yesterday that his psyche wasn't battered after he failed to get a contract extension by Wednesday's midnight deadline.</p> </p> Iguodala said it never entered his mind to settle for a figure that wasn't in the range he and agent Rob Pelinka were seeking.</p> </p> "It's because I feel like I'm getting better each and every year," Iguodala said after yesterday's practice. "I feel like I am going out every night and proving myself," so the price "is only going to go up from here." -- <font color="#000000">Philadelphia Inquirer</font></p> </p> </p> [*]Neither side offered specifics, but the Sixers are thought to have offered a 5-year deal, the maximum permissible, at a value of about $57 million. Rob Pelinka, Iguodala's agent, is said to have wanted a total slightly more than $60 million. </p> In an environment of offers and counteroffers, Iguodala was asked yesterday whether he could see the Sixers' side of the issue?</p> </p> Not really," he said, laughing. -- <font color="#000000">Philadelphia Daily News</font></p></div> </div>
Lately it seems that every player believes he is worth the max, I honestly think that is reserved to the superstars in this league but you see players with 1 or 2 breakout seasons getting it and players coming off their rookie contract as well.</p>
Yeah he can definitley make the All-Star team but I just dont believe he is worth max money and I dont think he is one of those players you build a franchise on, hes a great scorer but IMHO I see him more of a 2nd scoring option, to me it looks like he puts up numbers because of the roster around him.</p>
I agree, he's not worth max money, most players in the league are not. I'm glad GMs and owners are finally putting these greedy sports agents in check. I like to believe the players aren't this money hungry, but there's outside pressure from agents, the player's union, etc. to get the most they can now. Making an extra two million isn't as significant when you're already pulling down $10M a season. The $2M you forfeit in salary can EASILY be made up through endorsement money and that extra two million the team saves can be spread around to surround you, the star player, with a better supporting cast.</p> I think there will eventually be a shift in the way contracts are negotiated and sports agents will have to start working around the salary cap restrictions by pursuing money for their clients off the court. They need to start tapping into the global sponsorship opportunities available since basketball's popularity is getting stronger and stronger overseas.</p>
