(10-24-2024, 12:58 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Big Suggs fan, but ~$30mill a year?
That's another highly over-priced deal IMO. $15M per season ($20M tops!), is his current contribution value on the court AFAIC.
But when a Front Office does stupid things, like paying $23M to a 32-year old KCP... then they're left with no choice except to pay someone like Suggs $30M because of "potential"... or his agent will be asking, how can he get less than or the same as KCP?
The deals being handed out in the NBA today, reminds me of Ponzi schemes in a way. Everyone just wants to grab all they can get... it's a free-for-all... and nobody cares about providing or obtaining actual value... because it's someone else's money being handed out.
Anyway, there will be a nice opportunity for rebuilding teams or teams with cap-space because of all these awful deals. They can identify overpaid players that other teams need to get off their books in the future, but who could still be temporarily useful to them because they might complement a young star they have drafted... and then ask for really nice draft picks to take on these awful salaries. I.E., if those rebuilding teams aren't super dumb and give draft picks to trade for a Suggs on $30M, lol.