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kds92 wrote:Vote Beal: Likely opts into his 4th year so it's basically 4 years / $210 million. His skillset overlaps with superior players on the Suns and the Suns don't have assets to get off his deal. He's an undersized shooting guard that doesn't play defense and isn't a great playmaker. He's already 30 and he's increasingly nagged by injuries to the point where he's missed 40-50% of games the last few years. He's paid like a #1 option, but he's probably a #3 option if fully healthy. His skillset is generally replaceable with players on MLE-range deals or even vet min deals. This skillset on its own doesn't generally result in playoff success or contribute to winning.
Nominate Lavine: If he opts in for the last year it's basically 4 years / $180 million. Similar skillset to Beal, but two years younger. Similar concerns to Beal. It's just hard for teams to get off these contracts since they consume so much cap space.
tester551 wrote:kds92 wrote:Vote Beal: Likely opts into his 4th year so it's basically 4 years / $210 million. His skillset overlaps with superior players on the Suns and the Suns don't have assets to get off his deal. He's an undersized shooting guard that doesn't play defense and isn't a great playmaker. He's already 30 and he's increasingly nagged by injuries to the point where he's missed 40-50% of games the last few years. He's paid like a #1 option, but he's probably a #3 option if fully healthy. His skillset is generally replaceable with players on MLE-range deals or even vet min deals. This skillset on its own doesn't generally result in playoff success or contribute to winning.
Nominate Lavine: If he opts in for the last year it's basically 4 years / $180 million. Similar skillset to Beal, but two years younger. Similar concerns to Beal. It's just hard for teams to get off these contracts since they consume so much cap space.
Ditto.
kds92 wrote:Vote Beal: Likely opts into his 4th year so it's basically 4 years / $210 million. His skillset overlaps with superior players on the Suns and the Suns don't have assets to get off his deal. He's an undersized shooting guard that doesn't play defense and isn't a great playmaker. He's already 30 and he's increasingly nagged by injuries to the point where he's missed 40-50% of games the last few years. He's paid like a #1 option, but he's probably a #3 option if fully healthy. His skillset is generally replaceable with players on MLE-range deals or even vet min deals. This skillset on its own doesn't generally result in playoff success or contribute to winning
Edrees wrote:JRoy wrote:Monta Ellis have it all
I was hoping and expecting this to be one of the first replies. You did not disappoint. Jroy have it all.
Colbinii wrote:Vote: Bradley Beal.
Maybe people don't understand how big of a difference between Poole and Beal's contracts are, but it is massive.
Beal is slated to make 35% of the cap for the next 3 years after this one.
Poole is slated to make 20% of the cap for the next 3 years after this one.
Beal makes nearly double what Poole makes. You can pay Poole and 2 Max Players, you can't afford to pay Beal + 2 Max Players [And we see what happens when you try, you roll out G-League role players].
Beal is better than Poole, hell, he may be twice as good, but Beal simply isn't a Top Tier player and has injury history that's stacking up.
Nominate: Jaylen Brown
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