2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[KillerLeft]

Let's talk about this.

Here are list of players for comparison. It has their salaries starting with next year to the end of the current contract. 

Bertans (just turned 29 years old, career 40.0% three point shooter)
$16M, $17M, $16M ($5M guaranteed, player option)

THJ (about to turn 30 years old, career 35.8% three point shooter)
$19.6M, $17.9M, $16.2M 

Duncan Robinson (about to turn 28 years old, career 40.8% three point shooter)
$16.9M, $18.1M, $19.4M, $19.9M

Buddy Hield (just turned 29 years old, career 40.0% three point shooter)
$20.5M, $18.6M

Yeah, I guess the assumption is that he has fallen out of favor in Washington because he's sooooo bad defensively that he's almost unplayable. And, that these days he's not even a good shooter anymore. 

If that's all true, the deal is plenty bad - worse than the others you highlight there, for sure. All those dudes are rotation players when healthy. 

But, if you and @"DanSchwartzgan" are right, and the guy is capable of decent team defense and about to start splashing corner 3's again, I agree that the deal is not nearly the albatross it's being made out to be. 

Regarding the shooting, many people around here got really mad at me once for comparing THJ to this guy as a shooter. I can't remember who it was, but somebody I respect told me he had an even quicker release, better relocation skills, etc. Basically, that he was in an entirely different class of shooting specialist. 

It's a wait and see thing for me.