Latest News, NBA / Jan 25, 2012 / 4:00 pm

7 NBA Players & Where They Stand On Contract Extensions

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NICOLAS BATUM
There were reports Portland was engaged in talks with Batum about a new deal, but honestly, I don’t see how they do it. Batum is a 6-8, 23-year-old that can make shots, play defense, fit into any role and does it all without complaint. Would the Blazers really give him big money to backup another guy (Gerald Wallace) that’ll be due for a new deal soon? As many Blazer fans are writing: “Next year, either Gerald Wallace is gone or Nicolas Batum is gone.”

O.J. MAYO
Oh, how I would love for him to stick around in Memphis. The reality is there’s very little chance he’s still Grittin’ N’ Grindin’ next season. No one in the league, perhaps, has been shopped as hard as Mayo has over the past 12 months. Juice’s basically been traded twice and had to come back both times to Memphis. Not even David Stern could program something like this. With all of the money they’ve spent on Zach Randolph ($66 million extension), Marc Gasol ($58 million), Mike Conley ($45 million) and Rudy Gay ($80 million), I don’t see them dipping into the books for a bench player, which is why you’ll continue to hear his name in trade talks for the next six weeks.

MICHAEL BEASLEY
If Minnesota was playing hardball with their best player, what do you think they’ll do to Beasley? He has less chances of getting an extension tonight than Eli has of surviving the entire Boardwalk Empire series.

BROOK LOPEZ
I’ve never liked Lopez’s game. He can’t rebound. He’s limited defensively in an increasingly faster game, and his numbers were somewhat tainted playing on an awful team. But someone will pay him big money because he’s a seven foot pole in the middle, and is already proven at only 23 years old. It just won’t be the Nets… at least not right now. I could selfishly want to believe the Nets weren’t going to offer Lopez an extension because they believe the same things I do, but more than likely this decision is coming because Lopez is out with a broken foot. There’s also some guy named Deron Williams who’s pretty antsy to see either progress or the door. If the Nets can keep a major payday away from Lopez, they will for as long as possible.

Would you sign any of these players to extensions?

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  • heckler

    Denver signed Gallo?….to $42mil?
    hahaha. he SUCKS! how hard is it to put up 17pts per game when there is no other option? they’re all in china. no jr smith. no kenyon martin. no wilson chandler. aaron affalo doesnt get touches and neither does Nene. its either Gallo shoot or minnie Ty shoot.
    Denver over spent and they had little choice.

    Michael Beasley and OJ Mayo were the 2nd and 3rd picks in their draft. and now look, neither one of them bums can stick with a team. i said when they both came out, that neither one of them had a position, so they’re gonna struggle for the first 5yrs of their careers.
    Beasley is like Glenn Robinson, but worse. he aint a small forward and he aint a power forward.

    oj mayo is in the same boat. too small to be a 2guard, not skilled enough to be a point guard. doesnt really have a true position either.

    Brook Lopez should end up in San Antonio. they need to start thinking about life after Timmy.

    Nicholas Batum might as well leave Portland. his value remains high, but he wont get minutes when the Blazers have jamal crawford, wes matthews, gerald wallace and lamarcus aldridge.
    adios frenchy.

  • Bbb

    Ryan Anderson is overrated and probably my least favorite player in the league. The guy is Rashard Lewis 2.0 if he’s lucky. I can’t stand guys that play smaller than they are. Even with Dwight, a 6’10″ dude should not be jacking up 7.5 thees per game.

    He’s a career 42% shooter and all the guy does is jack. He only has 13 assists the whole season. Yinka Dare would even say that’s bad. Before long he should be relegated to a Bonner/Novak/Horry type roll because he’s gonna be a huge liability long term. If Orlando gives him an extension they deserve to suck.

  • K Dizzle

    2 posts rippin on 2 of the most solid players in the game.
    And y’all wonder why I ask if some dudes even watch ball.
    Gallo just put 37 on the Knicks n Anderson buried Indy with 24 n 8…so they must suck

  • http://www.bettlejuiceXs3.com Chicagorilla

    “He has less chances of getting an extension tonight than Eli has of surviving the entire Boardwalk Empire series”

    ^^^Flucking GENIUS Sweeny. Well played sir….well played.

  • http://deleted dagwaller

    @ Heckler – I don’t know. Gallinari is pretty good. 10.5 mil a year good? Eh. For 75 percent of Melo’s production, they only paid 50 percent of the cost.

    With 0 percent of the headaches.

    That’s where all of these guys are, money-wise. 6-10 million a year would be fair on any of them, depending on the system. Anything more than that is saying, “I think you could be the best player on this team, or the second best player on a championship team,” and I wouldn’t say that to any of these guys.

  • heckler

    @ Dagwaller

    putting up 37pts in a DOUBLE OVERTIME game isnt an impresive feat.
    Im sure you can do that if you played 50minutes.

  • windelroj

    no other options in Denver? it’s team ball so team first is the option. 40 mil is respectable considering the guy is still young and developing.

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