Baron Davis Wants a Lot of Money

Now that the Warriors improbable playoff run is over, the franchise is looking to next year. The cap situation isn't pretty, but the team seems to feel recent successes put the team close to serious contention.

Baron Davis, for his part, wants to capitalize on his recent performance to get a contract extension to keep him in Oakland until 2013, according to Marcus Thompson in the Contra Costa Times.

Davis' contract runs through 2008-09 at max money. He can sign an extension this summer, and he has an opt-out clause he can exercise next summer. He's 28 now, and the full extension would take him to age 34.

I understand that Warriors Nation in enthralled with Boom and the whole whirlwind he brought this spring. But you do realize Davis' Golden State experience was a complete failure up until the middle of April, right? Boom isn't just an injury waiting to happen -- he's an injury that's probably already happened. He's played 70 percent of his possible games since joining the Warriors, and even then he plays much fewer minutes than other huge-contract point guards.

Toss in Golden State's perilous cap situation, which is at $55 million in 2009 without adding in Monta Ellis, Andris Biedrins, Matt Barnes, Mickael Pietrus, or this year's draft picks... and a knee-jerk Davis extension looks ridiculous. Of course, Chris Mullin has made ridiculous moves before. I expect the extension to be signed by Independence Day.