Is this a price control reaction. 5 yrs 345 is alot. Nearly 70 a yr Who else is coming up on this? Trai Young? I wouldn't put 70 mill on him Rocket River
We need to stop thinking in dollar figures and instead in impacts to the cap. If you are attempting to remain competitive but you are paying super max for one player plus a near max on another player, it does start limit your team building ability. The super max is a very tough strain from a financial standpoint, but if you have a generational star, who gives a ****.
For true franchise altering superstars they are still underpaid relative to their value. As a % of the cap the salary hasn't changed. So only incomprehensibly stupid franchises will give away one worthy of it. Zion and Embiid are everything they fear Luka to be and lesser players yet Philly and NO are still desperately clinging to hope because they know how valuable players at that level are.
Supermax qualifications need to go up to MVPs only. Jokic and Giannis. Or the top 3 in MVP voting multiple years.
No player! Boston signed Brown and Tatum to $300MM deals each after one championship....they are over paid.
Luka is one of a handful of players for whom the supermax is clearly worth it. Jokic is worth north of $100m a year in terms of his impact on the court, easily.
Well we are seeing teams gets scared of paying 70M for a player. 35% of salary cap devoted to just one player is really scary NGL. I think only top 5 players deserve it not just generational players.
Its not about the money rather its about 2nd apron and salary cap impact. That 2nd apron should never have been implemented it gave owners an excuse to cheap out.
The criteria for being eligible is WAY too low. Like fox could make 3rd team if a few more guys get injured and be eligible, despite being a one time allstar who's nothing special. Luka though......would give him a supermax and expect it to be amazing value. Jokic at 35% of the cap is probably the biggest bargain in the league outside of maybe wemby.
Well at the end of the day its up to the team to decide if a player is worth the supermax regardless of eligibility. What made the Luka thing a dumb trade to me is not just they traded Luka but they also didnt talk to other teams and didnt even get 2 picks from Lakers.
Ya idk why they were so afraid of an "uncomfortable summer" or whatever else their GM was spewing. If you're trading HIM, it needs to completely set up your franchise for years to come. This should've been the biggest haul in nba history.
I agree. I mean they just reach out to Stone and Stone would prob trade half the team and all the picks lol.
