JB7 wrote:Harcore Fenton Mun wrote:JB7 wrote:
You are too focused on the money he is getting paid relative to his production. To make a trade work, salaries are needed. BI might not be worth the value of his contract relative to the other player coming back, but that isn't completely the point. That other player might want out, or the team wants him out, and they just need contracts to match, plus other assets. The fact that BI's deal is only 2 year plus an option means there is not a long term commitment there. By the trade deadline, or next season, his deal looks more like an expiring deal.
If you think he has a "Best before" date, it's a bad trade. We're going to eat one of those three years, unfortunately.
BI is going into his 28, 29 and 30 years. Plus he is looking for his last big contract. He is fully incentivized to be healthy and play well. Raps are probably getting him for his best years. You would think he has learned through experience by now, and his body is fully developed, and hopefully healthy.
If his health doesn't hold up, then yes they are probably eating a bad contract for a year. But the deal is short enough it could be used as an expiring deal, if another team is looking to shed salary.
I hope you're right. They were asking NO for max(47M), that's wild.
