I would wager that the bonuses are related to the number of games played and that this deal is really going to end up costing around 12 million a year if he stays healthy.If we get him for less than 10 million our front office should be ashamed of itself.Absolutely no way in hell Gerald is worth half what Lewis got.If the contract starts out low and escalate between 8 to 10 percent per year we'd still have something at least around five or six million left under the cap and then we could use all or part of the MLE(5.3 million).Next order of business would be Okafor's extension and personally I wouldn't want to pay Emeka more than Gerald got.
http://www.charlotte.com/456/story/193233.html
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The Charlotte Bobcats and free-agent forward Gerald Wallace have agreed to a contract, the Observer has learned.
A source close to the negotiations said Wallace will sign a six-year deal worth $57 million. The sixth year of the contract will be Wallace's option. He also can earn bonuses worth as much as $2 million each season.
Wallace's contract with the Bobcats, who obtained him in the NBA's expansion draft in 2003, expired at the end of last season, and he briefly became a free agent.
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