And by the time he gets paid that ridiculous amount he’ll be past his prime, likely making that ridiculous amount look even worse in comparison to the superstars who also get it.
Seeing the state of the franchise today, pretty sure Book just said screw it, I'll take as much as I can get since we're no longer close to a title.
but it also shows everyone we just picked up and drafted - you can set your family's future families up for life in phx - what's book at now? like half a billion?
Did you say that when we took on Beal’s contact?
Yep
I’d prob have same response if this happened in baseball where you can spend wildly without consequence if the team is rich enough to do so. But that ain’t the case in the NBA. Between cap/apron, etc, this contract is just as much about the money as it is future roster construction.
Why? He’s still got three years left on his current deal. That contract makes him a little more of a questionable asset now and potential huge liability ahead.
I can understand that. But the flip side, has Booker ever taken less than the 100% maximum available money? Never a home team discount to get talent around him? Ever? Just a note.
The more I think about this the more I think this makes him MORE tradable . . . unless he gets injured. He’s locked in for so long now that he doesn’t have ANY leverage. He can’t say he’ll walk when he becomes a free agent because that’s so far in the future. A team could just call his bluff. He ain’t sitting out multiple years. So that means he’s also more attractive to smaller market teams that have some difficulty keeping their higher end talent. Which means we don’t have to cater to where he wants to go if we are going to trade him.
I mean, if we waited a couple years he may have commanded even more money. Maybe he will be overpaid or maybe he will be rightly or even slightly underpaid. It's a gamble, but it could pay off by doing it early.
They all can do that already. $2 mil in the bank, a house paid off, and no other debt, and you can live very comfortably.
I think you are saying exactly what I said. A potential huge liability.
I am going to have to noodle that perspective a little. I guess it does depend on the destination. It also requires that his production remain the same and he avoids injury, even nagging ones. But that is the same with any player.
how could he have demanded more? isn't 75 million per the absolute MAX he could get?
he's saying the contract is a good thing long-term for his trade value. Because he's currently locked in for so long, if say in a year or two we decide to trade him, his ability/leverage to dictate where he wants to go won't be that strong with another 3 years left on his deal. With that much time left on his contract, the argument is he can't say he'll sit out or bail on a team after a year unless he gets his way. Basically keeps him from being in the position AD/KD were when they were traded from the Pelicans to Lakers (2 years left on AD's deal) and Suns to Houston (1 year left on his deal).
