[Chron.com] Rockets Forward Parsons Worth on Upswing

If EVERYONE is seeing something completely opposite than you do, have you considered the possibility that your perception is incorrect? If all you see are the negative stuff then I am afraid you will never learn to appreciate his contributions as most folks do.

 

Some of you guys have no clue about Parson's value on the open market. $7 million? Really? $9 million is not fair either.

Batum signed for around $12 million per year, which is actually a value contract compared to some other players. Gordon Hayward just turned down 4 years for $40 million. Remember, guys like Rudy "KD" Gay signed for the max, and multiple teams were willing to pay him just that. Parsons is better than Gay is almost all facets of the game, except being a one on one ISO player.

Fair market value would probably be $12-14 million per year. Remember, Parsons has yet to hit his prime, so there is still potential for him to get better.

 

If a team is paying 13M per for Parsons, then that is overpaying and the team will most likely be mediocre. Harden gets that much!

 

14m for parsons?
I love parsons, but is he really better than iguodala(12m)?

 

Yeah I'm not so sure about paying him 12 - 14 million. 10 to 11 a year for 4 or 5 years at the most. You have to factor in the fact that Hayward rejected an extension with the Utah Jazz. Parsons, from all the things I've seen, wants to be here, to be a part of a young contending team.

 

Offensively yes, defensively no. Iggy used to make 15 million. The 13 million he's making this year is the start of his new contract for a past his prime Iggy.

Parsons is going to make 10-12 million if he shows any growth next year at all.

 

Oh, are you f****** serious? God, what kind of idiocy is in you people?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

Players making over 9 Million this year

Spoiler

1. Kobe Bryant $30,453,000
2. Dirk Nowitzki $22,721,381
3. Gilbert Arenas $22,346,536 LOL
4. Amare Stoudemire $21,679,893 LOL
5. Carmelo Anthony $21,490,000
6. Joe Johnson $21,466,718
7. Dwight Howard $20,513,178
8. Pau Gasol $19,285,850
9. Chris Bosh $19,067,500
10. LeBron James $19,067,500
11. Kevin Durant $18,773,176
12. Chris Paul $18,668,431
13. Dwyane Wade $18,536,000
14. Deron Williams $18,466,130
15. Rudy Gay $17,888,932
16. Zach Randolph $17,800,000
17. Brandon Roy $17,779,458
18. Derrick Rose $17,632,688
19. Blake Griffin $16,402,500
20. Paul Pierce $15,333,334
21. Carlos Boozer $15,300,000
22. Marc Gasol $14,860,523
23. Brook Lopez $14,694,000
24. Kevin Love $14,693,906
25. Russell Westbrook $14,693,906
26. Emeka Okafor $14,544,687
27. Luol Deng $14,312,125
28. Roy Hibbert $14,283,844
29. Eric Gordon $14,283,844
30. Andrew Bogut $14,200,000
31.Tyson Chandler $ 14,100,538
32.LaMarcus Aldridge $ 14,100,000
33.Danny Granger $ 14,021,788
34.Josh Smith $ 14,000,000
35.David Lee $ 13,878,000
36.James Harden $ 13,668,750
37.Al Jefferson $ 13,500,000
38.Ben Gordon $ 13,200,000
39.Nene $ 13,000,000
40.Andre Iguodala $ 12,868,632
41.Tony Parker $ 12,500,000
42.Andrew Bynum $ 12,250,000
43.Kendrick Perkins $ 12,250,000
44.Joakim Noah $ 12,100,000
45.Nikola Pekovic $ 12,100,000
46.Kris Humphries $ 12,000,000
47.Rajon Rondo $ 12,000,000
48.David West $ 12,000,000
49.Al Horford $ 12,000,000
50.Hedu Turkoglu $ 12,000,000
51.Tyreke Evans $ 11,796,247
52.Kevin Garnett $ 11,532,468
53.Richard Jefferson $ 11,046,000
54.Andrea Bargnani $ 11,000,000
55.Jrue Holiday $ 11,000,000
56.DeAndre Jordan $ 10,986,550
57.Nicolas Batum $ 10,920,250
58.Luis Scola $ 10,800,000
59.Ty Lawson $ 10,786,517
60.JaVale McGee $ 10,750,000
61.Tim Duncan $ 10,361,446
62.Danilo Galinari $ 10,146,925
63.Gerald Wallace $ 10,105,855
64.Tiago Splitter $ 10,000,000
65.Stephen Curry $ 9,887,642
66.DeMar DeRozan $ 9,500,000
67.Paul Milsap $ 9,500,000
68.Shawn Marion $ 9,316,796
69.Steve Nash $ 9,300,500
70.Anderson Varejao $ 9,100,000
71.Andre Biedrins $ 9,000,000

Some olders guys who have already made bank took less to win, and some younger players (stephen curry) signed an extension before thier value went up. But all in all, 8 figures is clearly not reserved for the elite.

So yes, Parsons is gonna make 9 Mill easy, probably closer to 11 mill. Salary cap wise the difference between 10 and 13 million will be inconsequential in regards to signing FA.

You guys who honestly think 8 million is overpaying for a player of Parsons caliber are delusional.

 

ok, so you're saying that with him as a third piece, we'll win an NBA champioinship?

 

Yes, thats what he's saying, that's what I'm saying, that's what most of the board is saying. Over the last 2 years his continued improvement has swayed many people.

You Parsons detractors at this point are very much the minority, although a very vocal minority I will give you that.

 

i will be the first to eat crow if that happens. why would you tie up 10 million on him when you could pay 2-3 mill more for a true championship piece?

 

just cuz some GMs gave out bad contracts, including the one given to scola, doesn't mean that morey is going to. i hope he doesn't!

 

who is this championship piece you are thinking og at 12-13 million?

Some of the posts here are comical. Do you guys know how to value your own players?

Parsons is playing stellar basketball right now. Why knock the kid?

 

why does chris bosh make the same as lebron smh

 

I'm sure the Morey is all over it if we can pay 12-13mil to replace Parsons with an even better player. But who is that "championship piece" available to us at that price? So what's your point?

You either pay Parsons 10+mil to keep him or see him walk to other (good or bad) teams that are willing to pay him. You can't just say "can't win a championship with xxx as a 3rd star" and replace him with Mr. Cap-space to ride Harden and Howard's peak years.

 

let the season play through, or at least halfway through before we start talking how much hes worth. If he can keep his numbers up consistently over the rest of the season i can see his value being pretty high

 

I think he will get around 12 million per year. Shooting 60.7% 2pt pct, 39% 3pt pct, 53.2 fg pct is excellent. He is able to be the leading scorer on any given night while also being able to set team mates up. People think guys like him grow on trees they are wrong. Coming into the league lot of people doubted him and people on here counted guys like budinger, twill, and morris better than him. He has continued to improve every season, can shoot ft's to now being almost 200 points higher than rookie year. Can't shoot people say now a career fg pct 48% while 37% from deep. In a couple seasons I can see him as a 20 5 5 guy, you haven't seen a finished product yet. I have watched him since college (gator fan) and he has improved every season as a ball player. He knows how to adjust his game to fit what team needs and is perfect fit on and off court to this team.

 

Why not? He's a very good, if not great player that is likely to get even better than he already is.

He has potential to be a superstar. Most teams would dream of having just two of those. He would give us at least three.

 

Just stop..

 

Stop saying that potential for 23-25 points, 5-7 Assists, and 6-8 Rebounds a game in addition to very good defense is the potential to be a superstar?

*Looks at Harden's stats*

24/6/5 with terrible defense.

Hm. No thanks. I won't stop. Thanks for the offer, though.