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Can extensions be calculated off the average salary if it is higher?

The general ceiling on an extension is 120% of the prior season salary (which is where I got the 10.8, based on his prior salary of 9.0).

Yes, there is an allowable adjustment if the salary went down in the final season. But then the allowable raise is a smaller pct. But Maxi's salary went up, not down, so that didn't come into play and make a difference.

But in looking for that answer, I found another exception to the "20% of prior salary" ceiling that apparently did. For players below the league's "estimated average salary" (which is 10.792M), it can be up to 120% of that EAV number, which pushed Maxi's ceiling to almost 13M.

So his starting salary limit was never 10.8M as I had thought it was, and the 11-11-11 was easily doable.

Thanks for the info, DS.