Re: Resigning Todd Day

[Nault <rnault@ptialaska.net>]

Well in that case, PACK YOUR BAGS TODD! :)

Tim


>You wrote:
>
>I like Todd Day, really I do, but I don't think the Celts should re-sign
>him unless its for a minimal amount (like a half million a year).
>
>
>Unless this has changed under the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, this
>can't be done directly.  If you resign your own FA you must give them at
>least a 20% raise, and Todd Day is not worth 3.5M$ a year.  This was the same
>problem that the Celtics ran into when they wanted to keep Robert Parish, but
>could not afford to use his salary slot on him.  One way around this rule is
>to have another team sign Day at the 500K level, and then trade him back to
>Boston in exchange for considerations.  I don't think that the Celtics or Day
>for that matter would do this.  Todd will command market value for his
>services, but I doubt that he is worth what Boston would have to pay to keep
>him. Look for him to be renounced on July 1st, and the money used to keep
>David Wesley.


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