OT: Wow! Deng got OVERPAID!

phoolishly_insane · Post #1 » by **phoolishly_insane** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:02 am

Way OVERPAID!

6yrs $80m

sh00n · Post #2 » by **sh00n** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:05 am

It's probably 70 million with 10 in bonuses. That's not overpaid.

phoolishly_insane · Post #3 » by **phoolishly_insane** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:08 am

yeah he will probably earn these bonuses..... but that's still overpaid.

i don't know.... if you think it's not overpaid and i won't say anything anymore.

Post #4 » by **Bleeding Green** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:29 am

Yeah, everyone is overpaid. Blah blah blah.

Dogen · Post #5 » by **Dogen** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:30 am

Bleeding Green wrote:Yeah, everyone is overpaid. Blah blah blah.

I'M not...

phoolishly_insane · Post #6 » by **phoolishly_insane** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:35 am

I only earn $75k AUD a year for my job.... so yeah... that is overpaid.

SonicYouth34 · Post #7 » by **SonicYouth34** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:44 am

Dogen wrote:
Bleeding Green wrote:Yeah, everyone is overpaid. Blah blah blah.

I'M not...

Me either

Every young player gets over paid for potential, see Okafor, Omeka; Ellis, Monta; Scalabrine, Brian

DelMonte West · Post #8 » by **DelMonte West** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:50 am

So the guy isn't an all-star, isn't a PG, isn't a big, and isn't a franchise-calibur talent. He's not a great shooter or slasher to boot. I'm not understanding the logic here.

ramshackle75 · Post #9 » by **ramshackle75** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:50 am

I make 3,000,000 yen a year. Before you get too excited, that's like saying I make 3,000,000 cents.

I'd love to be overpaid. What exactly did Deng do last year to deserve that kind of cash?

FakeScreenName123 · Post #10 » by **FakeScreenName123** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:08 am

Bleeding Green wrote:Yeah, everyone is overpaid. Blah blah blah.

LOL! shutup.

yer boy deng sucked last year and now he's getting paid too much to be an above average small forward in the league.

Remember when you said Deng would be a premiere small forward in the league!?

ahahha. poor bg.

Post #11 » by **Bleeding Green** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:47 am

What? No. You can't just say he's overpaid when equivalent players are making the same, or even more in some cases.

What should Deng make in a world where Emeka Okafor makes 12 million a year, Brian Scalabrine makes 3 million a year, Elton Brand gets 82.2 million after coming off an achilles injury, etc, etc?

Yes, I'm a Deng fanboy. He'll be 23 all of next season. I'd be thrilled if I could sign someone of Deng's potential to a 6 year deal.

PP34RA10 · Post #12 » by **PP34RA10** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:29 am

deng is severely overated and overpaid

Post #13 » by **ParticleMan** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:03 am

Deng is by far the best player on the Bulls. That isn't even a max deal. He's not overpaid. The problem is that they need someone another step up from Deng to compete. Deng is only a Pippen.

Post #14 » by **Bleeding Green** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:39 am

To everyone who says he's overpaid: how much should he make in your arbitrary universe of NBA contracts?

Post #15 » by **Spin Move** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:58 am

I am but thats the reason I went to law school, to be overpaid.

AS for Deng he is a classic 10 million a year guy, great 2nd option not going to lead your team to the promised land without ALOT of help. 17 6 and 2, the guy has never averaged 20 points a game for gods sake. 18 and 7.7 was his best season worth 10 million, a season overpaid by 20 million over the course of the contract.

bruno sundov · Post #16 » by **bruno sundov** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:06 am

PP34RA10 wrote:deng is severely overated and overpaid

Like say, Beasley?

I hiope they were right about Rose.

KyleCleric · Post #17 » by **KyleCleric** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:24 pm

hurray for overhyping players. next up, $90 million for Andrew Bynum.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #18 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:54 pm

KyleCleric wrote:hurray for overhyping players. next up, $90 million for Andrew Bynum.

How dare you question the greatness of Kareem Abdul-JaBYNUM Chamberlain! (God I love needling Lakers fans!) :lol:

Post #19 » by **Three34** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:39 pm

They're paying him for what he will be, not what he's just been. Woulda thought this was obvious.

DelMonte West · Post #20 » by **DelMonte West** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:56 pm

Sham wrote:They're paying him for what he will be, not what he's just been. Woulda thought this was obvious.

That's pretty backwards logic, to say the least. All that does is give the players a false sense of entitlement based on their perceived upside. I actually think Deng's a good player, but his limitations have a tendency to be obscured by the terms "length", "upside", and "potential".