<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <span>Quick hits while I fill out a loan application with The Bank of Don Nelson and call NFL security to see if Bill Belichick is hiding a microphone under his hoodie. </p>[*] I keep hearing that Nelson supposedly caved when he agreed to sign his new Warriors contract rather than stay in Hawaii, go all in and gamble on getting an even better deal. That's one way of looking at it. Here's another. Nelson came away with a $2 million raise for this season, when he'll earn a guaranteed $5.1 million.</p> I don't know about you, but I'd love to cave for a $2 million raise. Where do I sign?</p> Granted, Nelson's third season is now a club option for $5.1 million rather than a guaranteed $3.1 million. But if the Warriors decline the option -- fat chance if Nelson leads them to the playoffs again -- they'll owe him $1 million over five years as a team consultant.</p> That's nice work if you can get it.</p> By supposedly caving, Nelson also did some damage control to his image as a money-hungry coach who was more concerned with his bank account than with his players or Warriors fans.</p> Nelson played the role of a team player and peacemaker, ending the standoff, he said, for the good of his players. Considering that he started angling for a new contract just hours after the Warriors' playoff run ended, it was quite a public relations coup.</p> Knowing Nelson's history, he could be caving in for another pay raise a year from now.</div></p> Source: Contra Costa Times</p></span></p>
