Alexander wrote:In a vacuum we don't have many players that are a bad value.
Marcus Morris is grossly underpaid.
KCP is going to see his salary quintuple.
Those two mitigate Boban being a top 7 salary while not being in the rotation, at the very least.
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The majority of teams would pay Drummond what we are (22 mil)!
New Orleans (Cousins 17 and Davis 22), Philly (Embiid), Atlanta (Howard-23), Clippers (DeAndre 21), Memphis (Gasol-21), Heat (Whiteside-22) wouldn't because of who they already have. San Antonio probably wouldn't with 35 between Aldridge (20) and Gasol (15). Brook Lopez is making 21 for the Nets.
Freaking Al Horford is making 26 a year for Boston. New York is paying Noah 17 to be on the bench, Enes Kanter makes the same as a backup and plays less than half the game (although he's productive). Biyombo makes 17.
Drummond is not overpaid. I repeat: Drummond is not overpaid.
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Reggie Jackson's contract was done in anticipation of the salary cap's rapid expansion and assuming that he'd stay healthy and improve. He didn't and he didn't. However, the rest of the league wouldn't raise an eyebrow at a 24-25 year old 18/9 player getting that kind of money in offseasons to come.
We should move on from Reggie Jackson for several reasons, but his contract isn't nearly the biggest concern.
Mind you that most of those Big Men signed their contracts before last summer when the salary cap rose $20 mil plus dollars.
