Baddy Chuck wrote:tedbrogen wrote:Not exactly. Bobby wasn’t on a minimum contract. He had a player option that he opted into presumably with an understanding they would use Bird rights to give him about 4/$48M in the following offseason which they did and was in the known ballpark of offers he was going to get when he opted in. Plus Bobby’s mom told him to stay for his mental health. So he delayed the payday for one season.
Since there is no chance Horst will give Beas 4/$48M even if he plays for min salary with an 8% raise next year and Beas would be an idiot to gamble on waiting a year to get paid because of his shooting percentage goes down next season he won’t get paid, it’s just not happening.
Beas has been great but Dame/Giannis gravity is about to get him paid this offseason. Javon Carter is a closer facsimile to Beas than Bobby.
So what you're saying is a player bet on himself and found a spot in the league where he felt wanted and did the "dumb thing" to try to stay and carve out a future with that team and what we're saying is
maybe a player would bet himself and find a spot in the league where he felt wanted and do the "dumb thing" to try to stay and carve out a future with that team, got it.
But yeah, I'm sure if Malik Beasley was a key member of the Bucks roster for 2 seasons straight Jon Horst would never in a million years think of offering him a contract to make him in the ballpark of the 125th to 150th highest paid player in the league on a team absolutely strapped with ways to add talent.
I’m saying Horst won’t ever pay Beas more than peanuts because AJG can do exactly what Beas is currently doing.imo
And if anyone offers Beas a guaranteed multi year deal this offseason, he should absolutely take it. It’s a business with short careers, these guys should get every penny they can while they can.
But I guess because one time one player (Bobby) delayed his payday one year based on mental health reasons, we are going to assume every player SHOULD do that?
And yeah, I wouldn’t want to pay Beas at the amount of the 125th highest paid in the league. Great on a min salary but he has one skill that depends on others to unlock it. And in the modern league, tons of players have that one skill.