R3AL1TY wrote:TheStig wrote:R3AL1TY wrote:I agree that nobody is really worth the supermax from a team building perspective. Even during MJ's era, if he had gotten the money he deserved or even more, it would've been difficult for the FO to add key pieces, especially for the 2nd 3 peat. As for Jimmy's situation, GarPax basically gave up on the Thibs' era and whoever was left over from it. They figured why spend big money if the team was barely an 8th seed and the top free agent options weren't in their favor. Let's save and start a new era. But the problems that lingered were the injury bugs and the lack of a strong environment.
Yep, for the most part, the players who are getting it are being stuck in bad situations with their teams not reaching far, not being the destination of choice for top free agents, and not having the right circumstances or luck to land the next big thing from the draft.
I wouldn't say that. Curry is in a good situation. Harden is also in a good situation. He's just not a playoff performer. The game has passed Russ by. And Wall has been injured.
Yeah, but when you compare those 2 + Lillard to guys like Westbrook, Wall, Walker, then you got those who left or got traded from their teams due to not being interested in the franchise anymore or the team underachieving with Cousins, KD, Leonard, CP3 and PG, the numbers aren't in the pro-supermax favor. Then when you throw in other guys who probably think they deserve this supermax too, but they're affected by another supermax player with Klay (warriors should still be good for a while), Beal, AD at the time with the Pelicans, and CJ, it's still hard seeing this type of contract keeping good teams intact for the long-haul due to the pyramid of money + ego. I think the NBA is just better off getting rid of the salary cap anyway, but they should keep the luxury tax at a high premium since top players still may not stay with their initial teams, but their initial teams can still have a premium budget to prevent from falling off completely. Plus, the fear of certain top players leaving their teams may not be as bad if the salary cap isn't around, especially if the team is a contender making good money.
I mean I get your point. Any team with a superstar would put a lot of pressure on his team and I agree it shouldn't exist.
To me, the NBA should have no salary rules and a hard cap. If your cap is a 100 million and you want to give Bron 80 mill a year. That's your team. Parity would be great because no one is passing up a giant salary to form a superteam. There is no KD to the Warriors because he could get 40-50 mill instead of being capped at the max.
