sisibilio wrote:I have nothing against Koufos, quite the contrary, i've been a fan of him since the european u18 tournament where he was MVP and i'm glad he has finally found his groove, but, unless you think he's a max player, being outplayed by him means Mcgee is probably not worth his contract at all.
Everybody knows when guys like McGee sign their 2nd contracts that they are not worth the money they get, the hope is they grow into their deal, and are a good value contract by their 2nd or 3rd year. Given McGee's growth in denver, I would say he is on track to be a good value by the 3rd year of his deal.
Look at it this way Deandre Jordan is paid basically the same as mcGee, McGee is a much better all around player on both ends, according to stats and the eye test, yet because he is a starter nobody really complains about his contract. What do you think is more important who starts or who produces more, personally I will take the production.
As for Koufos, it is easy to see he is underpaid, Asik just got $8.3 per year for providing slightly better rebounding, similar defense, and worse offense. He is better then both Jordan and Mcgee right now but is not as athletic and does not have as high of a ceiling, so I don't think it is a stretch to say that Koufos should be making in the same neighborhood $9-11 million a year. Which puts him on the same level as McGee, Jordan, and higher then Asik.
sisibilio wrote:The Rebel wrote:As for McGee's development, or lack there of, there was a rumor out of DC that the Wizards refused to even provide a big man coach for McGee, so far the Wizards have yet to have one player that has reached their potential over the last few years.
John Wall seems to be doing fine lately.
John Wall has been doing fine since he joined the league, in fact the same fine he is doing this year. In other words nothing I see about his game shows he has been developed one bit in Washington.
