(04-15-2024, 09:45 AM)omahen Wrote: Wow, that number seems high. Allen is elite shooter, one of the best, but limited defender and creator. He is shooting 46 % from three and has an eFG of 65 %. His "Mavs version" is shooting 35 % from three and has an eFG of 51 %, for example. Phoenix is literally saying "screw the second apron". This extension puts them way above it with just 11 players under contract.
I read if an owner wants to pay, this may be a route to maintain at least some flexibility to improve their team. Have guys in the 10-20 million range who you can use as salary matches. Not sure anyone is going to trip over themselves for that Allen contract though. Plus, an owner may grow real tired playing a 100 million on taxes if they don’t reach the conference finals.
Suns did pretty well in that trade imo. I am not a Nurkic fan, but he has been solid this year. They also got Allen. Allen has been solid as well. They also picked up Little and Keon Johnson. Nassir Little was an interesting gamble. He is still young, but just hasn't proven to be a rotation NBA player yet. While nothing special for a return with Ayton, they got solid players back.