(07-31-2019, 11:57 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(07-31-2019, 11:46 AM)imtheblkranger Wrote: I can see both sides, and I think Frangie said it the other day, if it doesn't get done, you can't blame either side really. As you said, the team offered him a very fair amount of money, offered it early, and in turn preferred to keep the deal shorter. 

Yan is looking for that long term deal to provide himself more security. The money is probably good at this point, or close enough, for him.

Neither side is wrong at this point. Just hope they come to an agreement.

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I still think a deal gets done. They don't offer him that money just to let him walk. The team wants him here, he wants to be here.

In a round about way, I also thinking keeping Yan will go a LONG way towards Jalen wanting to stay here.

I also wonder how much a greedy agent is factoring into this impasse.

No, no, no, don't try that "it's his agent" thing. Yan is an adult. Unless you have proof showing otherwise I think we have to assume the player is in control. It's his life. Unless you buy into the stereotype that they're all just dumb jocks.

Besides, agents don't make perhaps as much as you may think, percentage wise. They make more in volume than from an individual player - especially a player in a small market who has few opportunities for outside income.

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