Doesn’t it go both ways? The rookie scale gives guaranteed contracts to fringe NBA players as well. Obviously the rookie contract scale is not optimal for the Ben Simmons of the world, but if you’re the fourth year senior coming out of bumfuck NCAA conference, you’re getting a guaranteed NBA salary for at least two…

“The Ish Smith saga also suggests something pretty worrying for the 76ers: that Hinkie isn’t particularly good at evaluating talent. In fact, he’s basically admitted as much in regards to identifying talent in the draft”