Kevin Durant and Jeff Green are eligible to extend their contracts beyond the deals they signed as rookies from July 1 to October 31. Durant will be given a maximum contract offer and should ink his extension quickly. Green is a valuable member of the team, but some negotiations will have to take place between his agent and the Thunder. Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman actually thinks there could be a scenario were the Thunder would allow Green to become a restricted free agent in 2011. Mayberry writes: "By holding off on an extension this summer and allowing Green to become a restricted free agent next summer, the Thunder would set into motion two significant elements that could ultimately make the move a smart play. OKC would retain the right to match any offer sheet Green receives from another team next summer. And the Thunder would allow the market to establish Green's value, rather than potentially overpaying or even low-balling one of its core players. It's become the NBA's latest trend, triggered by the combination of fewer top-flight, first-round talents in recent years and a downtrodden economy." Mayberry puts Green's next contract as somewhere between $45 million and $55 million. Source: The Oklahoman
