FVV was indeed offered an extension in the off season, and turned it down. Despite what he said earlier.
#REPORT Fred VanVleet admits he turned down $114 million dollar extension from Toronto last season after initially denying it
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— RaptorsUpdates (@RapsUpdates) July 7, 2023
by Scase15
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The anti Dejounte Murray
I mean it would have not made any sense for the Raptors to not at least offer him that extension. Him deciding to turn it down for more money isn’t surprising either, he has always been consistent that the most money is important to him.
I love how we’re apparently supposed to be annoyed at Fred for “lying”, but not care that probably someone in the FO leaked this info out strategically to benefit them.
I personally always expect both sides to look out for their own self interest first, so nothing either side did bothered me tbh. Clearly turning down the extension was a great move for Fred, I’m happy for him.
This was always the case. Even if the Raps didn’t formally draw up the paperwork for a 4 x 114M max extension, obviously there would have been discussions between his agent and the FO about an extension. FVV’s brand logo is literally a dice roll, so he was always going to test free agency. Gamble paid off.
Probably, they discussed the parameters and were rejected before a formal offer was placed.
Both sides would be technically correct.
Moving on.
It’s already done
Next chapter please 😂
People during the season said he fucked up not taking this lmao
A couple of things:
1. Fred’s current contact is 3@$130M but only 2 years are guaranteed as the third is a team option. That means he’s really at 2@$87M. So, yeah he took the fast money but let’s see how it plays out long term for him.
2. Fred talks a team game but his actions don’t match. As much as we all like FVV the person – he’s not been completely honest and when we Masai talks selfishness – we know he’s talking about Fred and Pascal.