bargnanimvp wrote:Prospect Dong wrote:bargnanimvp wrote:It's basically a rudy gay situation when he was being overpaid, he just is not worth the money he is on. He isn't a horrible player he just is not a star player and should not be making over like 10-15 mil a year.
Gay was never really overpaid. That's why he was traded for small positive value twice. On his max deal, which grew a lot slower than the cap, he was somewhere just north of neutral value. You weren't excited about paying him that much, but you could talk yourself into it if your team otherwise struggled to use its cap space productively - like the Kings, the Grizzlies or the pre-Massai Raps. And he earned that money before spacing, and therefore shooting, became such a vital part of a volume scorer's appeal.
Wiggins would have to improve a lot to match what Gay - who wasn't really bad at anything - brought to a team. That's probably his best case scenario.
Disagree, there was a period of a couple of seasons where people laughed at his pay and said he'd be solid if you halved it. But true he isn't as bad at anything as Wiggins is at some things
AD has a better chance of becoming a top 3 player all-time than Wiggins does of ever being as good as Rudy Gay.