Pretty good deal imo. Get him under max and before the new cba. Smart move because he could be one of those fringe-star players that would fetch max offer in free agency.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Vooch coming off strong '14-15 would have almost certainly gotten more than ORL deal. Don't love his upside w/o improved D, but fair deal.</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/524737388589768704">October 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>To sum up: fair deal, especially under rising cap. Just wouldn't thrill me to be the team paying it. Vooch is a hard player to peg.</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/524738969653633026">October 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Seems like a decent deal. He just recently turned 23, has improved each season, and is a double-double center averaging 14 & 11. I haven't seen much of him live but from what I've seen I'm not surprised he got that much money. There's always been a premium for big men with talent.
Bump. This guy's just a monster on offense and cleaning the glass. Orlando got themselves a good deal.
Hasn't he improved to almost 18 and 12 this year? That's a very fair deal for a guy like that and if he continues to improve, he'll be worth even more in 4 years.
