re: Byrd's full contract details

Ok gotcha. Yeah anytime you see something go into the $10m+ range it starts looking mighty large.

This is a really good give and take contract. The player get's what he wanted the first 3 years, the signing bonus is really low so when it does come time to decide keep/cut the dead money is really low, and it has flexibility as we can restructure him in either of the next two years if we need the money and the dead money still wouldn't be too great.

And each year 4-6 could also been an extension point.