Pistons agree to 4 year extension with Max

[Glenn]

Maxiell on the clock

By the end of training camp (Oct. 31), Jason Maxiell will have to decide either to take a contract extension offer from the Pistons or refuse it and become a restricted free agent at the end of the season.

Dumars said Wednesday that informal negotiations were ongoing with Maxiell's Cincinnati-based agent Richard Katz .

"There's nothing unusual going on and nothing new to report," Katz said in a brief telephone interview. "Nothing is imminent."

The Pistons have offered Maxiell a three-year extension worth approximately $15 million. Should he leave that contract on the table, he would play out the final year of his contract this season (earning $1.87 million) and become a restricted free agent -- which means the Pistons could match any contract offer to Maxiell.

It's a win-win situation for the Pistons. Either they lock up a key reserve player through 2012, or they have a hungry player fighting for a contract this season with the power to match any other team's offer the following summer.

[Glenn]

It's a win-win situation for the Pistons. Either they lock up a key reserve player through 2012, or they have a hungry player fighting for a contract this season with the power to match any other team's offer the following summer.

Can't match an offer from Europe, though.

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[MoTown]

In before Fool makes MoTown a sandwich then never worries that MoTown didn't riverdance with the Pistons.

[Fool]

The third one is definitely Fool.

[Glenn]

In before Fool makes MoTown a sandwich then never worries that MoTown didn't riverdance with the Pistons.

[MoTown]

I figured the M's stood for Memo, but looked better as MoTown.

[Uncle Mxy]

Don't be a heel, take the deal Maxiell.

[Big Swami]

3 years of the Beast From The Bench. That might be too many.

[Darth Thanatos]

Hopefully one of the stipulations in the contract will be for Max to learn how to pass.

[Tahoe]

Seems like a good offer to me. I don't hear anyone talking him having a break out year or something. I mean he's a good player and 5 mil compensates him fairly well, imo.

But I don't follow salaries much.