06-22-2021, 06:03 PM
(06-22-2021, 05:39 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Pretend for a moment that JRich has opted out and in the first minute of free agency, THJ signs with someone else. You now have $33 million in space. Ben Simmons and KP are both free agents. Ben wants 4/$147mm (starts at $33mm). KP understands his injury history and is willing to take 3/$101mm (starts at $31.6mm), but he wants a PO that final year in case he happens to have a really good run the next two years.
Do you sign Simmons at 4/$147mm?
Do you sign KP at 3/$101mm?
If someone made you sign one of the other, which would you sign?
I sign Simmons. This would be a serious basketball debate, if it was not for the injury risk. It changes everything. It also totally changes KP´s trade value. I don´t think anybody would give a crap about his 14/7 play-offs with sub-par defense, if he was healthy. Teams could easily talk themselves into rusty, strange season, strange past two years with COVID, he´s 26, he´s unique. It´s all about his personal and the injury history of tall guys. That changes everything.