harshey1388 wrote:letsgosuns wrote:I really disagree with what Gambo is saying the Suns should do.
http://arizonasports.com/41/1808722/CALL-HIS-BLUFF Keep him and then give him a max contract this offseason? That would be the worst possible thing to to do. Besides the fact that I believe Dragic's agent has made this a point of no return now, giving a non all star point guard who's best year ever was averaging only 20 pts and 6 assists a game 20 million dollars a year for five years is ludicrous.
Dragic is averaging 16 pts, 4 assts, and 4 rbs a game. His overall field goal percentage is good at 50% but his 3pt % is 35.5% and his ft % is only 74.6%. That is a terrible free throw percentage for a point guard. Is a soon to be 29 year old who averages 16, 4, and 4 worth a 100 million dollar contract? I feel like I am in the twilight zone here. What in the world is going on. So what the Suns signed Isaiah Thomas and lost Channing Frye. Bledsoe seems to be doing fine. Thomas has almost the same averages off the bench as Dragic does starting and Thomas plays nearly 8 minutes less per game than Dragic.
This is crazy. You cannot give Dragic five years, 100 million dollars. If people think Bledsoe is overpaid, just wait until you see Dragic getting 20 million a year and not even making an all star team. Now that is insane. Kevin Love is supposed to get a max contract this offseason or next offseason right. Well he has career averages of 19 pts, 12 rbs, and 2.5 asst a game. Dragic's career averages are 12 pts, 4.5 asst, and 2.6 rbs a game. See this difference in statistics for someone who actually puts up max contract statistics versus Dragic? The Suns rewarding Dragic with a max contract after a bad year like he is having and his no leadership, selfish intentions would be a massive mistake.
In all honesty Nash's stats weren't GREAT or too far off Dragic's at 29 when leaving Dallas.
I'm actually still completely unsure of how I feel about all this but just wanted to point out the fact that Nash's numbers were similar... he got to run his own show when he got to Phoenix and started to KILL it!
Regardless of statistics, before Nash came back to Phoenix, he had already made two all star teams and been third team All NBA twice. But even ignoring those awards, he was a completely different player than Dragic and far superior. Furthermore, throwing that at the window, the Suns did not even give Nash a max contract. "As first reported by ESPN.com's Marc Stein on Thursday afternoon, Nash agreed to a six-year package worth more than $65 million -- with the sixth season partially guaranteed and the Suns holding a team option for the full amount in Year 6."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1833028 A max contract if I remember correctly would have been in the 90 million dollar range in 2004. Suns got Nash for far less than a max. And by doing that, they were able to go out and give Quentin Richardson a 6 year, 45 million dollar contract too. Dragic wants 5 years, 100 million dollars for basically being a really good player last season. See the insanity? It is beyond the realm of possibility why anyone would give him that kind of money unless they are so desperate for a free agent that they would do anything to get him (Lakers and Knicks).
