Trai Turner Contract Details: Panthers gave Trai Turner a 4-year $45M extension, including $20.5M gtd averaging $11.25 per year

[AggieLean]

Not a bad deal at all. Trai's a young cat, and will more than likely continue to get better. He'll probably see all 45 million and have the opportunity to see even more money when he turns 28. Happy for both him and the panthers!

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Seems like a good deal for everyone involved.

Congrats TT!

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

4 minutes ago, vanilla B said:

Free agent at 28?  He'll be able to sign a huge 3rd contract too, congrats Trai!

his rookie deal was only $600k a year, so yeah, he definitely deserves it the way he's played.

[thefuzz]

2 minutes ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

Seems like a good deal for everyone involved.

Congrats TT!

Gotta see the structure.  Hopefully it's very front loaded, and since DG did all of the framework, it likely will be....but that weirdo is in the building now.

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

wonder what the CAP hit is this year? 

[Car123]

Hurney magic.

[Untouchable]

That's a bargain.  Very helpful when looking toward other contracts.

[Chaos]

Just picking up where he left off with big money contracts 

Well it was Trai Turner not Brenton Bersin, he was getting paid regardless.

[Smithers]

5 minutes ago, brandon_87 said:

Just picking up where he left off with big money contracts 

If you think this is overpaying for a top 5 pro bowl guard, you are sadly mistaken.  

[*FreeFua*]

KK's contract is going to be the killer moving forward for us

[EightyNine]

Does anyone wonder if this deal would have happened today if DG was still our GM?

It doesn't sound like a bad deal for us.. but when you think about how quickly this happened after Hurney was brought in, it makes you think..

Is this a glimpse of the past, where Hurney is not tough enough in negotiations?  I remember when he gave charles johnson his big deal, there was basically no back and forth.  We pretty much blew him away with our first offer and he took it... something DG would never do.

Would DG have waited longer and tried to squeeze Trai's head as much as possible?  Should there be any concern that Hurney may not have done this?

[therealmjl]

Just now, EightyNine said:

Does anyone wonder if this deal would have happened today if DG was still our GM?

It doesn't sound like a bad deal for us.. but when you think about how quickly this happened after Hurney was brought in, it makes you think..

Is this a glimpse of the past, where Hurney is not tough enough in negotiations?  I remember when he gave charles johnson his big deal, there was basically no back and forth.  We pretty much blew him away with our first offer and he took it... something DG would never do.

Would DG have waited longer and tried to squeeze Trai's head as much as possible?  Should there be any concern that Hurney may not have done this?

I think it's safe to say that Hurney had very little to do with this.

[EightyNine]

1 minute ago, mjligon said:

I think it's safe to say that Hurney had very little to do with this.

Yeah, but that doesn't answer my question.  Very little doesn't mean nothing at all.. Would it have gotten done this soon if DG was still our GM?

[Car123]

1 minute ago, EightyNine said:

Does anyone wonder if this deal would have happened today if DG was still our GM?

It doesn't sound like a bad deal for us.. but when you think about how quickly this happened after Hurney was brought in, it makes you think..

Is this a glimpse of the past, where Hurney is not tough enough in negotiations?  I remember when he gave charles johnson his big deal, there was basically no back and forth.  We pretty much blew him away with our first offer and he took it... something DG would never do.

Would DG have waited longer and tried to squeeze Trai's head as much as possible?  Should there be any concern that Hurney may not have done this?

If we waited longer keeping Trai would be more costly. 2017 could be his best season.