spectre_ wrote:Nazr doesn't have a "brutal" contract at all...6 million per year for a guy (since he's been with us) who's shooting over 50% FG, a PER of 16.2 and averaging 8/6 in 20 mpg is a pretty good rate IMO. Not to mention this year's FA crop is very weak on bigs I'd just as soon hang on to him.
His BBIQ is also MUCH higher than Gooden's. His expiring doesn't mean that much to us either as we're trying to get into the playoffs (remember the 8th swap for Swish last year? The expirings for Nazr?).
Hinrich also isn't a plus...his contract blows. THERE'S a brutal contract.
Sooo, 2 negatives plus Noah for Mek. His value might not be "high", but it's certainly higher than this package.
Hinrich's contract doesn't "blow" -- it is frontloaded, so the amount goes down every season. If he returns to his 2006-07 form, the contract is fair market value.