01-10-2021, 09:20 AM
(01-10-2021, 04:54 AM)pompelmo Wrote: JJ Redick never earned more than the MLE before Philly gave him this huge one year deal. And a one year deal is an expiring contract that doesn't cripple you rest of the way. He then got 25 million$ for two years.
He hit 45.4% of 6.6 threes per game last year, 57.7% on WO attempts, 41.7% on 2.5 open attempts, and 40.4% on 2.3 tightly contested attempts in 26.4 minutes per game.
Much more reliable and better shooter than Tim.
I get that there will be a lot of money and not many players to go for so he might get overpaid. I am not sure that we are the ones who has to overpay him, though. I'd rather have KP bomb from the outside and Luka work inside as primary options, then JRich, Maxi and Dorian are good enough as scarecrows on offense and far superior on defense. That leaves Tim the sixth man role. 20 million$ is Fred van Vleet, Malcolm Brogdon money.
Obviously we don't agree on the value of JRich's contribution to the team.
I do think assuming that THJ has another good year he will get MLE-level or bigger money on a shorter deal. We saw as you mentioned JJ has been getting bigger money on short contracts and others are getting these 1 or 2 year deals at bigger money.
Like is paying THJ 20 mil for a 1 year deal next year a big deal? No not at all, bc its just money (Cubes not mine) and you don't have to lock in years. Mavs have his bird rights and so could just overpay on short deals as long as they want THJ around. THJ has too long a history of not being able to carry a larger role to be able to get like a 3-4 year deal with 15 mil/yr average. If he gets something like that it's going to be sad for the team giving him that contract.