Agree with everything here. Steph Curry signed that contract because there wasn’t a better one out there! Now people talk about it like there was a gun put to his head. He was a big gamble at the time, and the gamble was correct. Simple as that.
And yes, the Igoudala contract is bad. He’s getting paid just below…
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I love Igoudala as much as any Warriors fan, but his appears to be the first “bad” contract they’ve signed. They are paying him about what they’re paying Klay and Draymond next year, and more importantly they are paying that in 3 years, when Iggy will be 36.
I’m sure they have it figured out and will be able to…
There were many more than two unlikely events, but you overlook the most obvious when you retcon Steph’s first post-rookie contract.
It was probably an unneeded shot at LeBron, but the issue of not getting minutes to back bench players in December-April is an actual issue.
If you eliminate max salary but keep the salary cap in something resembling its current form, it makes it much more difficult for teams to load up on stars, especially in the Miami Heat Super Friends/GSW Death Machine style.
This isn’t the end of the NBA or anything. They’ll be dominant, barring terrible injury luck, for a couple of years ... just like Jordan’s Bulls, Shaq/Kobe’s Lakers, Bird’s Celtics, etc. Then their old guys will be too old, and a younger guy or two will depart, and they won’t be able to easily rebuild a super-team.
Getting rid of the max salary (or raising it considerably) is the only path to parity. I agree with Ann Killion and LeBron: Steph has added far more than $200 million to the value of the franchise. If these guys are getting paid less than they are worth, it’s 100% their right to choose the team that will pay them.
both these comments are criminally under-starred.
THAT ISN’T FUCKING SHIPLAP, JOANNA.
Of note, the Rockets can give Nene a load of different contracts, if they want. Just based the combo of cap space, their desire to use the non-Bird rights exception, and the over-38 rule makes this specific offer non-tenable. Nene is free to sign a 4-year / $15 mil contract - just not under the Houston Rockets team…
I don’t think this is an unintended consequence of the CBA. I think this is exactly the contract they’re trying to block. Nene at his age and given how he played this year should be looking at both less years and more AAV. I think the Rockets were trying to do exactly what the rule is trying to stop.
Yeah, they should make it more like football, where they stop and stand around for 3 minutes for about every 20 seconds of play or like soccer where hours can pass without anyone scoring. Pace is definitely the problem with basketball.
D’aww. It’s like when a kid takes Psych 101 his first semester of college then comes back for Winter Break being the only one who “gets it.”
Your first post was good - “empty calories” was an innovative turn of bullshittery that could easily have fallen out of the mouth of, say, Colin Cowherd - but this one lacks flair and seems like it’s trying too hard; it’s almost enough to make me think you actually believe in your garbage take.
Has anyone gotten 10 APG from a roster that’s 98% Future Let’s Remember Some Guys?
It’s 2017 and I’m still explaining to complete fucking assholes the differences between the words “best” and “most valuable.”
But who is the MVP of video games? That’s what Deadspin readers really want to know.
A lot of us didn’t have to wait two months to know that.
Normal old man basketball doesn’t really involve a lot of jumping either.