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Nelson shows Magic lots of love, makes no promises
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08:12 AM ET 06.15 | At least one member of the Magic is willing to shower the franchise with praise. "I want to play in Orlando," Jameer Nelson says. "I love the fans and I love the city." ... Nelson got an extension from the NBA on Thursday and has until June 29 to make his decision: Does he opt-in for one final year where the Magic must pay him the handsome sum of nearly $8 million? Or does he opt-out for a longer deal elsewhere? Or perhaps, too, he could opt-out and the Magic could restructure his deal to give him less money next year but more years on his contract. "Who doesn't want a long-term deal?" Nelson says. "Everybody wants that security. ... I love the Magic organization ... but at the end of the day, I have to do what's best for me and my family."
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Opt out and get your "last" big pay contract
JIGSAW
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For a moment there, I thought this was a Don Nelson to coach the Magic thread. Whew!
Hatrunner
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Well - played.
VisionQuest
Swansboro, NC
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He's a lower tier starting pg in a league that keeps adding good ones every year. He needs to take that 8mil then accept the rest of his career as a back-up on a contender
snyder810
Sycamore , OH
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lmao, me too!
Telsonx
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It's Time To Move On, Bro.
I Love LA
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Big pay? Doubt it...oh wait I forgot that the NBA has some of the DUMBEST GMs around, someone will give him a bad contract. His best days are already behind him sad to say
DR_Universal
Charlotte , NC
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Nelson is EXACTLY the kind of PG that Miami needs. He's a career 39% 3-point shooter and averages just a bit more than 2 turn-overs per game.
Biggest knock on him is that he misses a lot of games (15 to 20) every year.
Retired Army in San…
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Come to think about it.....the Bulls could get good mileage out of him ;-) .......
Retired Army in San…
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Agreed.....if he wants a long-term contract, 5 years at about $33 million would be the ideal career close-out contract.
I can see a number of teams flipping that kind of coin for him......and he shouldn't expect any more than that.
Retired Army in San…
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Bingo. The Magic could've beaten the Lakers if Stan hadn't changed his lineup with an injured Nelson. SMH
darrell4868
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Atleast he didn't say "I'm going where the Good Lord tells me to go" :-)
TheBone
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