sunsbum wrote:Saberestar wrote:Serious question...
Is Nurkic overplaying his contract?
55 games into the season my answer is YES because he has shown that he is an above average starting C and his health hasn't been an issue at all.
11.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks playing 27.2 mpg.
And it's not only about stats. The guy is playing hard, he is tough but smart and his commitment is total.
We got him with this one +2 years left in his contract. $54M/3 years. It looks nice.
I'd take Grayson and Nurk 100 times out of 100 over Ayton so my answer is yes.
When it was initially only Nurk and fillers for DA as per the rumours (it was before we knew Grayson was in the package), I thought we should've just kept DA but I think I've just been so mentally conditioned to expect so little from our C position that it was better to stick with the devil I knew. Boy was I wrong. Nurk and Grayson have been two of my favourite players and while individually neither are as "talented" or has the "upside" of DA, they bring so much more than what I could have imagined.
Nurk at around $17m a year would plot him right around where JV, Mitchell Robinson and Vuc sit on the C salary list. If you look at the $20m range, you're looking at guys like Turner, Capela, Jarret Allen, Poeltl. I think he's perfectly situated where he is salary-wise and bordering on underpaid given the size of his role and his importance on this team. Like, I probably wouldn't have an issue even if he was on Capela or Turner money at around that $20m mark even though there are parts of Capela and Turner's game which I would prefer.
I do think because he started off with a relatively low base salary at $15.6m, those yearly raises are very reasonable
