Let the hating begin! There should only be a handful of guys getting max deals. Draymond Green is a nice piece and an all star but if the Hawks signed him to a max are they gonna make it past the first round. Al Horford shouldn't be getting AD money. Ben Simmons shouldn't be making LeBron money (Ben is hyped to be an all world player) There should be levels to this
6. "right but then you have a situation where Chris Paul is demanding..." In response to Reply # 5
a trade but nobody wants him because of his contract.
At 34 you can’t expect to get max money AND be on a contender sometimes you have to make a choice. If he wanted to “ring chase” at the end of his career he should’ve taken less money lol
7. "I'm not mad at it personally" In response to Reply # 6
It doesn't make the MOST sense to me for reasons you stated, but IF he can finesse that contract and somehow strongarm his way to another contender with a better fit, good for him
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10. "Harrison Barnes off rip." In response to Reply # 0
Let me hate preemptively on whoever gives him the max.
Main thing we see after the finals loss is the beginning of the end of these short term deals to form superteams. Players sign full deals to get their money.
I'm reserving a seat here to shit on the next max deal someone gets that shouldnt get it.
Who maxes DeAngelo Russell?
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12. "*paging guru* lol..." In response to Reply # 10
>Let me hate preemptively on whoever gives him the max. > >Main thing we see after the finals loss is the beginning of >the end of these short term deals to form superteams. Players >sign full deals to get their money. > >I'm reserving a seat here to shit on the next max deal someone >gets that shouldnt get it. > >Who maxes DeAngelo Russell?
16. "I hope he gets a max but I don't think hes a max player (yet)" In response to Reply # 12
who knows, someone will overpay
>>Let me hate preemptively on whoever gives him the max. >> >>Main thing we see after the finals loss is the beginning of >>the end of these short term deals to form superteams. >Players >>sign full deals to get their money. >> >>I'm reserving a seat here to shit on the next max deal >someone >>gets that shouldnt get it. >> >>Who maxes DeAngelo Russell? >
------------------- I wanna go to where the martyrs went the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...
13. "It's a function of the soft cap, period." In response to Reply # 0
Look at other sports like the NFL and NHL that have hard caps. The NHL put in a salary cap in 2006. Guess how many players have gotten max deals since then? Exactly zero.
They let teams spend over the cap to keep their players so that creates false maxes and because teams have to compete with that they will clear space and spend the max also.
I think there has been some correction of the market now that the salaries have gone up and there are more strata between minimum and maximum, but not all that much. I just don't think "max player" is a meaningful designation.
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