Bucks game got folks' attention

[SleepingHero]

BTW, be prepared for disappointment those of you who think he will be signing for less than the MLE.  I find the discussion about adding to the future center rotation that has been going on to be fascinating.  

An aside, are you really confident in him getting paid 10+mil again? 

He'll be 31 with a previous achilles tear playing probably the least valued position in the game today (in that you're either a star getting 20+mil or you're getting vet min). You can see this plain as day if you go to Spotrac and sort by contracts for centers. 10th highest paid center in the league is Myles Turner (20 mil next season). 11th-15th spots the median yearly value is 15 mil (with the guys being Capela, Adams, JV, Brook Lopez and WCJr). 

With 16-20, we're in MLE territory with Timelord, Nurkic and Holmes (median yearly value ~12mil) 

All of these guys save Lopez are younger and better than Powell right now, with no serious injury history. 

Just off of current production, age and future production I'd put Powell's next contract in the 3 years 24-26mil range (8-8.5 mil a year and probably descending as a trade chip). Right in line with guys like Nerlens Noel, Poeltl, and Zubac. Even then you can argue that's an overpay.