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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 1829055, member: 1969"]
His agent, Gabjon, told him not to.  Agreed though it's not much of an option.

You know what was a good player option from a player's point of view.  Andrea Bargnani getting an $10-11M player option as part of a 5/50 deal he signed with the Raptors.   The 5 years of terror, including the player option, ended with the Knicks.   Of course Bargnani was going to take his player option.

Bryan Colangelo could be so bad at times especially when it came to decisions regarding his Italian "Love Child".    He had not earned that contract based on his poor play on the court with glaring weaknesses and lack of motivation, but OK some thought he had potential.  If you are going to give a large contract that will only have value if the player changes a lot, you NEVER give the person a player option at the end.   
a)  If the player never reaches his potential, you get stuck with the bad value at the end.
b) If the player reaches his potential, he leaves you hanging.  So if the player improves you lose out a year he may actually be worth it.

A young player who has played to an unsatisfactory level like Bargnani at that point should have never had the leverage to get a $10M player option in his deal ( about $18M today).  GM 101.

Sometimes player options are the kicker that needs to be in place for established players.   That is understandable.
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