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[SleepingHero]

Money wise...what is the league average for contenders total for seats 6 - 8 or 9?

6th man of the year award going back to 2016 seems to have an average of under 10M per with Malcolm Brogdan's 22M salary last year as double all other award winners other than Jamal Crawfords 2016 salary of 13M.  Keep in mind Jamal Crawford won the award quite a few times at around 5M per year before his last year winning it(2016) having a salary of 13.5M.  Salary cap jumped in 2016 due to a tv deal supposedly.

Caps gone up...but it seems like the sixth man should be around 10% of salary. 

Josh Green is currently just under 10% of salary...is he 6th man worthy?  THJ is currently above 10% at around 13%...is he 6th man worthy?

THJ is a paradox.  It doesnt matter if he is hot or cold shooting...you are sacrificing offensive possessions letting him chuck.  Green on the other hand is not sacrificing any possessions and most likely adding to offensive possessions with his hustle plays on loose balls, rebounds, steals in transition.

Maxi might be overpaid...but his length and mobility are too hard to find without overpaying contract wise or giving up a bunch of assets for.

Not every team can have a 6th man award winner.  Im curious if Mavs are overpaying for seats 6-9?  Maxi, THJ and Green are all over 10M per.

Disclaimer:  I am going by the information the internet provided me through google...i usually use sporttrac...i may have misread info or be getting played with false info or stats.

Better to use % of total cap vs. raw salary numbers.

6MOY winners by salary and % of cap for the last 10 years:

2023: Brogdon (22.5M, 18%, MLE was 10.5)
2022: Herro (4M, 3%, MLE was 9.5)
2021: Clarkson (11.5M, 10.5%, MLE was 9.2)
2020: Montreszl Harrell (5.6M, 5.1%, MLE was 9.2)
2019: Lou Will (8M, 7.8%, MLE was 8.6)
2018: Lou Will (7M, 7%, MLE was 8.4)
2017: Eric Gordon (12.3M, 13%, MLE was 5.6)
2016: Jamal Crawford (5.6M, 8%, MLE was 5.4)
2015: Lou Will (5.4M, 8.6%, MLE was 5.3)
2014: Jamal Crawford (5.2M, 8.9%, MLE was 5.1)
2013: JR Smith (2.8M, 4.8%, MLE was 5)

Average % of cap for 6MOY: 8.61%

Greens contract will be roughly 8% of next years cap.