The Corey's wrote:31to6 wrote:The Corey's wrote:
The money only works if he produces.
I’m worried that you think produces = PPG.
I see some of the best defense I’ve ever seen from a guard, and a steadying influence who has helped keep this team running smoothly from day 1. Remember — by contrast — the ups and downs of our last PG? Gone. I see a guy who seems to be fitting in great on the court and off, and is consistently recognized as a great teammate. I also — and maybe most importantly — see a guy who’s sacrificed shots and touches and games way more than any other starter, without so much as a peep despite being in a potential FA year — and they did right by him. To me, contributing is being a key part of one of the best regular season teams of this century.
I also see a guy whose game has a chance to age really well, especially in this lineup. Defend, move the ball, hit corner threes and post guys up when you feel like it? Sure. And take it easy for stretches in the RS so Pritchard can get his 20 or so games in the sun per season.
Sure by age 37 he’ll likely be getting more than he would have on the open market — but it’s not a guarantee — we’ll see!
Did you think the team lost a whole lot in the couple weeks he missed?
Hes obviously overpaid and I'm not gonna get into the semantics of if it's worth it cause the cap is going up. That argument is used every time for every player.
The good news is, him and Brown will be good trade assets if the time comes.
I think the team is clear cut favorites with Holiday and pretty competitive without him. I know which one I want. You can call the cap going up semantics, but the reality is if we’re going to talk about money, it has to be today’s money. Can’t go back to when Michael Jordan made $2.5M or when AI made $20M or when Giannis made $30M. Those are all outdated.
The choice was always: trade for Jrue and pay him, trade for Jrue and let him walk for nothing (PHI was lurking), or don’t trade for Jrue but then where are we with Brogdon and Rob and their contracts and health?