Re: Re: Eric Montross Contract

[kevin from singapore <bostonceltics17@yahoo.com>]

When Montross was drafted, there was no such thing as a 3 year rookie contract. It
was either sign him or loose his rights, he would be able to go back into the
following year's draft. Also the duration of the deal can be anything from 2 year
to 10 year (or even more?). I think (no.1 pick overall) Glenn Robinson's demand
for a 10 year 100million deal (for a rookie) was the last straw. It made the
owners sit up and negotiated the current CBA to having a 3 year rookie contract
term (for 1st rd picks)

anyway, to answer the question, I think ML Carr signed Montross to a 10 year 20
mil deal in 94/95, and it should expire in 2004/05.

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:10:22 GMT, Joe Moriarty <mustyceltic@att.net> wrote:

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>>rank stranger wrote:
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>>> When Montross got traded to Toronto, many people were surprised at the
>>> length
>>> of his contract.  Was Montross with Boston when he signed the 11 year deal?
>>> What did they see in him to warrant such a contract?

>>Unless there is someone reading this NG with a more exhaustive data base than
>>the normal ones seen every day in here, I would not, for one, be able to answer
>>this. Only to say it would look very doubtful that any contract like an eleven
>>yr one would have been done in Boston. Eric was drafted by us as a rook in the
>>94-95 draft . The league does not part with detail info like that. I do know
>>that our usual source for these details (Patricia Bender's Site), says that his
>>first year Eric's salary was 800,000 dollars. I would not see why the Celts
>>would have gone into any contract other than a three year rook contract. Why
>>would we? Maybe he was extended by some subsequent team (Dallas, Nets, Philly,
>>Detroit). Patricia's site only has "current year salary and contract details".
>>
>>I know realGM now has him listed with a free agent basis in 05-06, and with the
>>Raptors in that listing. So, in one way that could seem to be saying he was on
>>an 11 yr one; but not necessarily so-he could have been extended with something
>>shorter than 11 yrs, by one of those teams listed above (Dallas, Nets, Philly,
>>Detroit).  So, I can't suggest where you could track down that contract, if it
>>was executed that many yrs ago. Sorry.
>>/J
>>