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extremely impressed Russ signed right now. My opinion on who he is changed completely.
statue being worked on right now by OKC
It shouldn't.. It was purely a financially smart move.
It's really only a 1 year extension.
What it does is bump up his salary in 2016-17 up $8.7mil from $17.8 to $26.5mil.
The second year he will earn about $28.48mil, which is about $2-3mil less than he would have gotten if he went into Free Agency next year as a 30% max
He then can opt out in 2018, and become eligible for 35% max deal, rather than the 30% max he could get in 2017.
So Russell by doing an extension, gets $5mil more dollars over the next 2 years, and places himself in a 35% max for FA as opposed to 30% max
I wouldn't go crowning him yet
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