Walton1one wrote:Quenton Grimes averaged 14.6 - 4.3 - 3 on 46.7/38.5 FG/3ptFG% and I doubt he sniffs anywhere near the amount Sharpe got. Now Grimes is 25, Sharpe is 23 but 2 years from now if Sharpe has not progressed what is he then? A lesser version of Quentin Grimes? Is that worth $23/$24 mil/year?
Grimes has a a career 3pt FG% at 37.5% - Sharpe is sitting at 33%
Grimes has a career eFG% of 56.3%, Sharpe is at 51.9%
and I agree with you on Camara, this is also a hedge on him improving , if he doesn't, then this deal is not nearly as good...
The MLE is what? $14m. So a $24m contract is basically what a $9m contract was a decade ago. Unless Sharpe reverts back to the inefficiency of 2024, I don't think we have to worry. By the end of this contract he'll barely be making more than MLE with the way things are going.
But let's talk about Grimes--he's a 3-and-D guy that shoots a lot of threes but doesn't really create for others and is mostly a spot-up shooter. That's a much, much different profile from Sharpe. I'm not sure they're really good comparisons, even though Grimes stats are similar (if not a bit better in many respects) than Sharpe's.
Also, have to wonder why teams are so eager to include him in trades, including the Dallas-Philadelphia trade where Dallas paid a 2nd rounder to pass him off for a 30yo journeyman. It's possible other teams would value Grimes a lot more, but I think it's fair to say that the going rate for Sharpe is significantly higher.
