Jrue Agrees to 4/135-160 Extension

[Prez]

Healthy Jrue is comfortably top 30 for me, I’d be interested to see the list for anyone who doesn’t have him top 30.

4/139 is totally reasonable for a player of his caliber. He’s in the prime Mike Conley category of I don’t give a **** that he didn’t make the all star team, he’s basically an all-star level player to me.

[slos]

This can't get any better. I have Jrue worth a 4/140, but he could easily push Milwaukee to the 4/170 he would definitely get as a FA. Holiday gave up 30 mil and people are still talking about Milwaukee overpaying him. I'm also OK with paying 34 y/o Jrue 37 mil. Lowry took 30 mil - with a lower cap - at 34 and is pushing for a 2/50 at age 35. CP3 is getting 40+ at 35 and his is playing that contract too.

[emunney]

So unlikely bonuses aside, he's making less than Khris?

[ReasonablySober]

Our boy won POTW.

[DavidDunn21]

Wait

They dont love Jrue like i love Jrue

Wait

They don't love Jrue like I love Jrue
Maahhhaax Maahhhax Maahhhax

THEY DON'T LOVE JRUE LIKE I LOVE JRUE!

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[skones]

This can't get any better. I have Jrue worth a 4/140, but he could easily push Milwaukee to the 4/170 he would definitely get as a FA. Holiday gave up 30 mil and people are still talking about Milwaukee overpaying him. I'm also OK with paying 34 y/o Jrue 37 mil. Lowry took 30 mil - with a lower cap - at 34 and is pushing for a 2/50 at age 35. CP3 is getting 40+ at 35 and his is playing that contract too.

First, Holiday isn't as good as either player. Second, Paul and Lowry aren't the rule. They are exceptions.

[emunney]

What'd Gordon Hayward get again?

[Ruzious]

What'd Gordon Hayward get again?

4/120. Hopefully one of them will adopt me.

[Ron Swanson]

He's definitely not as good of a player as 30-33 year old Chris Paul, but the Kyle Lowry revisionism is always a bit much for me. Dude gets carried to a ring by Kawhi and all of a sudden he's this gold standard for "winning" and a "massive impact" guy when in reality he's always been much closer to a Mike Conley level dude than any of the all-time great PG's. Put Holiday on the Raptors in place of Lowry and we're talking about Jrue being a 5-6 time All-Star and NBA Champion too.

[Ruzious]

The overpayment for Jrue is less than I expected - especially with the news of the unlikely to reach bonuses, so I'm relieved. Glad they worked it out before the offseason, and there's plenty of room for optimism.

[humanrefutation]

I'd take Jrue over Lowry in a second simply by virtue of his all-world defense.

[mke_design]

Bulls fans are out in force telling me how Zach Lavine is only making 20mil and an All Star.

[skones]

He's definitely not as good of a player as 30-33 year old Chris Paul, but the Kyle Lowry revisionism is always a bit much for me. Dude gets carried to a ring by Kawhi and all of a sudden he's this gold standard for "winning" and a "massive impact" guy when in reality he's always been much closer to a Mike Conley level dude than any of the all-time great PG's. Put Holiday on the Raptors in place of Lowry and we're talking about Jrue being a 5-6 time All-Star and NBA Champion too.

Lowry has been a massive impact player for a long time. This isn't a sudden thing. The problem was, that his partner in crime was Demar Derozan who wasn't at all. While it's fair to slam Lowry for his past playoff struggles, you're the one creating this revisionism by not acknowledging how good Lowry has been for some time now and simply plugging Jrue into Lowry's accomplishments. Jrue has been great this year. He's also spent a lot of time next to Anthony Davis and a lot of time being hurt. So no, we're not talking about an NBA champion ad a 5-6 time allstar.

[slos]

This can't get any better. I have Jrue worth a 4/140, but he could easily push Milwaukee to the 4/170 he would definitely get as a FA. Holiday gave up 30 mil and people are still talking about Milwaukee overpaying him. I'm also OK with paying 34 y/o Jrue 37 mil. Lowry took 30 mil - with a lower cap - at 34 and is pushing for a 2/50 at age 35. CP3 is getting 40+ at 35 and his is playing that contract too.

First, Holiday isn't as good as either player. Second, Paul and Lowry aren't the rule. They are exceptions.

Jrue is so much better than Lowry has ever been. Kawhi and injured Warriors saved his legacy. CP3 is a generational talent and that's why I have him paid 41 mil at 35 y/o close to paying Jrue 37 mil at 34 y/o (again with the cap way higher). Curry is 33 and he can still lead a team to a championship. 33 y/o Conley at 34 mil is OK for the 1st seeded team in the NBA. Let's not overreact and believe that every NBA player is "washed" by the time he becomes 30. Many age well and especially PGs.

[wallus]

I'd take Jrue over Lowry in a second simply by virtue of his all-world defense.

Jrue is a subpar flopper though.

[MickeyDavis]

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[skones]

This can't get any better. I have Jrue worth a 4/140, but he could easily push Milwaukee to the 4/170 he would definitely get as a FA. Holiday gave up 30 mil and people are still talking about Milwaukee overpaying him. I'm also OK with paying 34 y/o Jrue 37 mil. Lowry took 30 mil - with a lower cap - at 34 and is pushing for a 2/50 at age 35. CP3 is getting 40+ at 35 and his is playing that contract too.

First, Holiday isn't as good as either player. Second, Paul and Lowry aren't the rule. They are exceptions.

Jrue is so much better than Lowry has ever been. Kawhi and injured Warriors saved his legacy. CP3 is a generational talent and that's why I have him paid 41 mil at 35 y/o close to paying Jrue 37 mil at 34 y/o (again with the cap way higher). Curry is 33 and he can still lead a team to a championship. 33 y/o Conley at 34 mil is OK for the 1st seeded team in the NBA. Let's not overreact and believe that every NBA player is "washed" by the time he becomes 30. Many age well and especially PGs.

This is just flat out wrong. Lowry's sustained impact over the years is so convincing such that you'd have to think all of these statistical models are designed specifically to put him on this pedestal.Your statement is flat out disrespectful to what Lowry has done in his career. We're literally talking about a guy who was the unquestioned best player on a 48-60 win ball club for 6 years and the year they brought in somebody better, they won it all. There's just so much data here to support how good Kyle Lowry has actually been that you're fastening blinders to your own head just to ignore it. Holiday has been great for us this year save for that little post-covid stretch, but peak Kyle Lowry he is not.

RPM:
13-14 7th
14-15 14th
15-16 5th
16-17 4th
17-18 1st
18-19 5th
19-20 6th

RAPM:
13-14 40th
14-15 57th
15-16 12th
16-17 7th
17-18 43rd
18-19 10th
19-20 59th

RAPTOR:
13-14 10th
14-15 25th
15-16 9th
16-17 14th
17-18 11th
18-19 13th
19-20 13th

LEBRON:
13-14 8th
14-15 16th
15-16 8th
16-17 10th
17-18 16th
18-19 23rd
19-20 21st

VORP:
13-14 10th
14-15 26th
15-16 8th
16-17 19th
17-18 12th
18-19 41st
19-20 20th

BPM:
13-14 14th
14-15 26th
15-16 8th
16-17 14th
17-18 14th
18-19 40th
19-20 24th

[Ruzious]

I'd take Jrue over Lowry in a second simply by virtue of his all-world defense.

Jrue is a subpar flopper though.

Lowry has been a quality player, but at this point in their careers, Jrue is simply a better all-around player and playing the best ball of his career. Lowry was a great defender when he entered the NBA, but he ain't what he used to be - and Jrue's defense has far surpassed Lowery's, imo. And I think officials have soured on Lowery's... gamesmanship.

[mediocrityrules]

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[Ron Swanson]

He's definitely not as good of a player as 30-33 year old Chris Paul, but the Kyle Lowry revisionism is always a bit much for me. Dude gets carried to a ring by Kawhi and all of a sudden he's this gold standard for "winning" and a "massive impact" guy when in reality he's always been much closer to a Mike Conley level dude than any of the all-time great PG's. Put Holiday on the Raptors in place of Lowry and we're talking about Jrue being a 5-6 time All-Star and NBA Champion too.

Lowry has been a massive impact player for a long time. This isn't a sudden thing. The problem was, that his partner in crime was Demar Derozan who wasn't at all. While it's fair to slam Lowry for his past playoff struggles, you're the one creating this revisionism by not acknowledging how good Lowry has been for some time now and simply plugging Jrue into Lowry's accomplishments. Jrue has been great this year. He's also spent a lot of time next to Anthony Davis and a lot of time being hurt. So no, we're not talking about an NBA champion ad a 5-6 time allstar.

He's been a great, Lowry level player for the past 4-5 years (and so has Middleton), not just "this year". I've always pointed to him not having much success with AD as a reason why I feel like he's become a tad overrated over the years, but even I have to admit that he, until now, hasn't had the benefit of playing for a competent organization and coaching staff, which Lowry always did. The "star but not superstar" level guys always have a part of their legacies/perceptions that are dependent on outside circumstances. Lowry is probably one of the biggest confirmation bias cases when it comes to sudden playoff success elevating a guy who was quite literally once labelled a "playoff choker".