Pippen was subpar and acted like a total tool his one year on the Rockets. That said, he was an excellent, borderline superstar player in his prime with the Bulls. If anything, his personality was the one thing that held him back. People calling Pippen a role player similar to JR Smith are being ridiculous. Amen and the team would be extremely lucky if he’s able to approach a career like Pippen’s.
Other than FT where exactly is the large difference? PPG is just due to Amen having more attempts they have near identical TS% Also thats not a graph thats a table lol.
What’s helping the case of none max would be what other scrappy defensive players are getting paid for in current market. Camara, Anthony Black, Dyson Daniel, Cason Wallace and obviously his twin brother Asur arent/wont be getting anything near max in current CBA market. Amen would’ve been exception if he was able to improve his shooting but so far he only improved FT% but gotten worse on defensive side. Honestly Dyson Daniel has been much better player than Amen is and he makes $40 mil per year so I could see him getting similar numbers but Amen is media sweetheart like Mobley which brings up the price
