Re: Incentives

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

Hi Jeremy,

I don't think his agent would recommend that he sign that kind of a
contract, though I don't think it's a bad risk.  It just seems that they
(players & agents) want as much guarantee as they can get without giving
back as much of one themselves.

I'd like to see field goal percentage involved though, because he needs to
raise that part of his game as well.  Maybe he wouldn't take some of those
outrageous shots if he was more interested in taking *good* shots as opposed
to any shot.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy <jwarren@eecs.tufts.edu>
To: celtics@igtc.COM <celtics@igtc.COM>
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 11:43 PM
Subject: Incentives


> Since there seems to be so much hesitation about giving AW
>franchise money because of his immaturity and potential downside, why
>don't the Celtics give him a contract with tons of incentives?  I'm
>thinking about $10M per year guaranteed.  Then you add in incentives for
>team wins, playoff advancement, rebounds, assist to turnover ratio, and
>(perhaps most important) free throw percentage.  If he achieves the
>highest levels of the incentives he makes $25 million per year.  Of course
>that would mean 60 wins, a championship, 15 rebounds per game, 3 to 1
>assist to turnover ratio, and 85% on free throws.
>
> And of course there would be levels for each of the incentives:
>40, 45, 50, 55, 60 wins; first round, second round, conference finals,
>finals, championship; 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 rebounds per game; 1:1, 3:2,
>2:1, 5:2, 3:1 assist to turnovers; and 70%, 75%, 80%, 85% on free throws.
>
> I think field goal percentage and points scored shouldn't be
>involved because they could lead to more bad habits.
>
>Jeremy
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