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I don´t get the line of thinking.

You overpay Powell and McGee by a combined $8M per year, that means you can give Brunson $28M a year and you still have the same outcome.

You have a chance that a 25 year old Brunson elevates his game to another level and earn his "overpay". There is no way Powell or McGee were EVER living up to their contract, the moment they signed it.

Overpaying for minimum level players with NO upside is the absolute worst.

McGee earned $5m last year and had interest from the Bucks at the salary level we offered him but went with us because he tacked on a year.  Giving him $5.5-6m a year isn't an overpay but I do share the concern about the length of the deal, especially the final year.