Amid his truthful clarification that he and the Toronto Raptors have agreed to not attain a deal but, Fred VanVleet nonetheless firmly believes that he deserves a a lot profitable bag.
VanVleet advised ESPN’s Tim Bontempts that he already surpassed his worth from his earlier contract he earned whereas noting that he solely hopes to place himself in a greater place for each monetary and private standpoint.
“With out going too far into it … [I’m] simply attempting to place myself in a superb place business-wise, and never take an extension on a deal that was made three or 4 years in the past,” VanVleet advised ESPN.
“I felt like I’ve outplayed that contract to date. So simply attempting to get myself able to place the playing cards of their arms. They obtained to decide from a corporation standpoint.”
VanVleet stays below contract with the Raptors, honored by the four-year, $85 million deal he inked with them final 2020 offseason. As such, he holds a participant possibility for the subsequent season with $22.8 million in quantity.
As he’s hoping to earn an even bigger paycheck, VanVleet is at the moment discovering hardships this season. Coming off an All-Star marketing campaign final yr, his efficiency and effectivity out of the blue dipped – registering 18.6 factors however capturing 37.7 p.c from the sphere whereas having a profession worst 32.9 p.c effectivity from three.
As such, regardless of the shut relationship he fashioned with the Raps franchise, VanVleet definitely understands that he has to place the work inside himself to ensure that either side to fulfill their respective phrases.
“I really like being right here. I really like being a Raptor. I obtained an awesome relationship with (group president) Masai (Ujiri) and (normal supervisor) Bobby (Webster), so I’m assured that we might discover (a deal). It’s an awesome partnership that we’ve, so going ahead, I’m not going to make it straightforward on them and so they’re not going to make it on me both, and that’s the way in which it’s going.”
