Infinity2152 wrote:He's shooting far better this season. Over 53 games so far. He shot 26% from 3 his rookie year. He's shooting 36% this year. I know there are all kind of chaotic reasons to show that the three pointer's he's actually making in NBA games really don't count, but I'm going to count them. That's a 10% jump in 4 years. That's probably extremely rare. If he settles at 34 like last year or 35%, that' still huge improvement from where he started.
As noted, his 3 point percentage doesn't do credit to how bad a shooter he is, because his release is so slow, he can't shoot anything advanced, and defenses have disrespected him so much that they frequently do not even look at him at the three point line.
His defense is pretty clearly improving. When you start at 9 rebounds and 8 assists per 36, pretty hard to improve there. Already pretty elite.
His absolute ceiling on defense is likely "bad" instead of "bottom of the league bad" due to physical limitations unless he just massively reworks his body to become way more athletic.
Who is a $30 mill player, in your opinion? Some guys to reference would be good. I showed two guys from the same draft class putting up similar numbers getting $30 and $44, so clearly not Barnes or Jalen Johnson, who's always hurt. Please pick from guys 25 and younger, adjusting for more than 3 years age difference would be tedious. Also, please exclude guys like Wemby and Banchero, obvious max guys.
I'm curious what other people thing a $30 mill young player looks like among actually available players, and not made up prototypes.
It's a good question, probably the answer is that there is no one worth 30M because the max was ~35M and everyone who probably should get 30 gets pushed up to the max even if they don't deserve it then become bad max contract guys.
Like I said, what's the most expensive guy in the league that signed their deal as:
1: A bad shooter
2: Doesn't draw fouls
3: A bad defender
Title contending team ditched him for a 30 year old frequently hurt bench player that fits in with the style of the modern NBA, and they are much happier for it.
