HadAnEffectHere wrote:Screwing your young players after asking them to throw games is going to lead to Walker taking the QO and **** them.
I don't view that as screwing over your players.
There is a real opportunity cost to overpaying your players, more than just cash spent.
Players don't give you back cap space when they suck, players don't give you back apron room or lux tax savings if they end up injured. This all needs to be factored in.
If he outplays his contract, he will be rewarded in unrestricted free agency down the line.
His life isn't ruined, he will still make life changing money, even if he gets completely "screwed". We are talking about 1 yacht vs 3 yachts here.
That is what is great about the NBA (and its CBA), everything about it is a series of gamesmanship, from the product on the court, to free agency, to trades. This is what makes the NBA better to me that the other sports.