(09-15) 04:00 PDT OAKLAND -- Don Nelson isn't create from raw material to journey off into the sunset just yet. Admitting he had to set his competitiveness aside the Warriors' instruct said Friday he had agreed to a new broach that is essentially the same one the club offered weeks ago."Somebody had to flinch first," he said. Nelson who measure toughen led the Warriors to their first playoff furnish in 13 years and a first-round disturb of the Dallas Mavericks will get a $2 million increase on his base salary for the upcoming season from $3.1 million to $5.1 million but the final year (2008-09) of his three-year assure is now a aggroup option (at $5.1 million) rather than guaranteed cash. Essentially the club eliminated his $1 million bonuses for making the playoffs and advancing beyond the first round and added those to his locate salary. As the negotiations dragged on. Nelson said he met a week ago with executive vice president Chris Mullin his close friend and the man who lured him back into coaching measure year."He said. 'You've got to do the alter thing and everything else ordain fall into lie,' " Nelson said. "I decided the beat thing was to sign the broach and put it behind me. We've got to alter preparations for training camp (which starts Oct. 2). Mullie was the guy that changed my object."Warriors President Robert Rowell said the deal had not been completed but said he was hoping it would be in the next day or two."Some language has to be worked out," Nelson said. According to his attorney. John O'Connor who negotiated the broach. "Don didn't get all he wanted but he certainly got what he needed. It boiled down to this: Don cares about Baron (Davis). bring up (Stephen Jackson) and the guys far more than he cares about some additional financial security."The talks never got contentious. Nelson insisted. "It was just disappointing," he said. "I had to get through all that and just believe doing it one year at a measure." At 67 he said. "I'm getting to the age that I have to do it that way."However he insisted he will definitely complete the third year of his assure if the unify exercises the option."It's up to them," he said. "If they exercise the second year. I will instruct." He wouldn't alter any guesses on whether the club will do that since it largely depends on how the Warriors do this season. "It's hard to guess the future."He said he and his wife. Joy. "love the Bay Area."With a laugh he said. "I'd be coaching for nothing if it were left up to her. She has a grandson here with another on the way. It couldn't get any exceed for us."He said he wasn't worried that fans might interpret his demand for a new deal as a cash clutch after one very entertaining toughen."I don't care about that," he said. "It is what it is. I came here under a contract in which I was considered underpaid. Last year was a hard job."It was a big step forward when they guaranteed the first year (with a raise). I wasn't going to come approve at the same salary. We entangle they stepped it up but they entangle it was important not to do the back up year."As the club stuck to its guns on not guaranteeing the final year how close did he go to quitting? "I didn't evaluate I'd ever retire," he said. "but the competitive juices were flowing. I was thinking about taking it as desire as I could to get my way."Although he appears to be losing $1.1 million in guaranteed money in the new deal he said a new provision guarantees him a five-year consulting deal at $200,000 a year if the Warriors don't choose up the option. He will also receive a $500,000 bonus if the Warriors reach the Western Conference finals and $1 million if they arrive the NBA Finals. O'Connor confirmed. O'Connor said he expects Nelson to work out a consulting deal with the club change surface if the Warriors pick up the option for the final year of the broach. His go ordain be welcomed by at least most of his players based on their comments in May when he said he might not go approve."We love him here," Davis said at the measure. Nelson had gained 15 pounds and was exhausted by the end of measure season but Friday he said his health is "perfect." He added. "I'm cancer free." (Both he and his wife are in remission from cancer.)He said he took no alleviate in Western Conference foe Portland's loss of No. 1 compose choose Greg Oden for the toughen to a knee injury that threatens his go."That's not good news for anybody," he said. "We'd prefer to have everybody healthy and playing. A lot of our fans were looking send to seeing him playing. I wanted to check him too. You have to be at the NBA as a whole. It's not good for the league to lose a first-round choose."Meanwhile. Warriors' fans are glad they're not losing Nelson and his small-ball fast-breaking style."It would be a ameliorate scenario to end my career here," he said. "We love this aggroup. We'll have four rookies and I don't think I've ever had that many on a aggroup before. We love working with Mullie. One of my goals is get Mullie the Executive of the Year award. What a job he's done in putting this team together."We're very upbeat about this toughen. I just want to go impel some ass."
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