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Mavs pursuing Crowder; Magic won’t match max for Harris

I’ve always considered Jae Crowder’s return to Boston a foregone conclusion but it appears the Dallas Mavericks might want a reunion with their former small forward. Fortunately for the Celtics, Dallas is busy wooing big name free agents like DeAndre Jordan and LaMarcus Aldridge. I’m not sure they can do anything with Jae until decisions are made there. And even if they do make a first offer, Danny Ainge can sit back and wait the full 3 days before matching that offer. Advantage Celtics in either scenario. 

A max offer for Tobias Harris is 4 years, $60+ million dollars. Some believe the market for Harris is in the $10-12 million range, but with the way money is flying around today, I bet he gets the max.

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  • bill_nair

    Seems like the Mavs need to get something back from that Rondo trade. I kinda feel its just them trying to make things difficult for us re-signing Crowder.

    • Curt Hays

      It’s more than that. They LOVE Crowdah here. His contribution was recognized, even more so after he left.

      I think Jae wants to stay in Bean Town though. He CERTAINLY deserves more than $1.1M, so I bet Danny gives him about $7M per year.

      • Mike Spoon

        I would be fine with 7. Didn’t Aminu just get 8? Surely Crowder is a better player than Aminu, maybe not defensively, but Aminu is useless on the offensive end.

      • Fitzy

        How much money are we able to throw around here? I forget our number.

  • Jaedre

    ainge needs to get to work i want this kid in green he can be part of our core

  • Astarot

    Harris will get Parsons type of deal somewhere between 15-16 in a first year (4yr 64 million). That’s the market today is he worth that much for Cs, not sure (his potential is the most interesting)

    • SNG

      Harris will get what Carroll got, 60×4

      • Astarot

        Couple of millions here or there whatever, he’ll get a max contract he can get.

      • Stimul8s

        Harris cant get the same contract Carroll got because he hasnt been in the league long enough.

  • Frank Aziza

    Max Harris now!!!! He’s gonna be an all star

  • Frank Aziza

    People around here are looking at our roster with green color glasses. Harris is more talented then any player the celtics have. He’s only 22 and can become much better then he is now.

  • SierraM363

    I’ll be happy with Harris

  • Jaedre

    Harris and Crodwer and we are set at SF

  • RedwasKing

    Harris would be a great fit, especially with the smallball direction the NBA is going. I also have confidence that Brad Stevens (plus the hard nosed defenders already on the Celtics roster) would be able to utilize his length and make him an above average defender at the 3. If he gets 14 Mil a year, I believe that’s a fair price for somebody with so much upside. Amir Just signed with the celtics a few seconds ago

    • RedwasKing

      12 Million per year for Amir Johnson ?!?!?!?

  • betty_bzuniga