07-14-2022, 10:51 PM
(07-14-2022, 03:58 PM)mvossman Wrote: I think you have to be a little careful about comparing contracts. Some of those contracts were signed a couple of years ago and contracts signed now are going to be higher due to cap increase. Also some of those contracts may be RFA which depress the price (unless your Ayton). He might be a little overpaid but young top 60-70 players that are a little overpaid are still assets.
Yeah, that’s completely fair. Of course it’s also damning for the Mavs that his contract allowed him to avoid RFA - not that you’ve suggested otherwise from what I remember. If you wanted to find the actual value to cost ratio you’d look at the average WAR (or similar counting stat) per $ across the league and then benchmark against it. I think Brunson would come in below it with the Knicks and even a little lower than that on the same contract with the Mavs.
Agreement here too on him being an asset even if he’s 10% overpaid on AAV (% not scientific). In part because of the exact scenario that played out - someone believes with certainty that they’ll make a bigger leap on their team and are willing to pay.