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I have a lot of people in my Facebook list "complaining" about how "ridiculous" these salaries are. I'm like "no, there's nothing special about 153 million that isn't special about 100 mil or 10 mil". The market decides how much is too much or how much is too little. Obviously, if the team decided to offer him 153 mil $, then that's their decision. Then in their view, that is not too much. Nothing to comment on. That's the financial context of the NBA right now.

On the other hand, Wade was offered only 10 mil by the Heat.

Quote from: Raptor on July 02, 2016, 06:54:16 am

I have a lot of people in my Facebook list "complaining" about how "ridiculous" these salaries are. I'm like "no, there's nothing special about 153 million that isn't special about 100 mil or 10 mil". The market decides how much is too much or how much is too little. Obviously, if the team decided to offer him 153 mil $, then that's their decision. Then in their view, that is not too much. Nothing to comment on. That's the financial context of the NBA right now.

of course there's something to comment on.. I imagine they could have given 153 million to Durant, not Conley; that would have been a far better investment.... Maybe i'm just not clued to how all of this works, but giving so much money to one guy who hasn't even been an allstar caliber player seems like a bad move. Why not use more of that money to bring in an elite player? (unless for some reason they couldn't)

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On the other hand, Wade was offered only 10 mil by the Heat.

unless there's some promise of ~100 million next year, he should peace out. :/

The thing is this is all a strange speculative game based on the cap.  Unlikely Durant will sign a 5 year 150 million dollar deal with anyone... More like a 2-3 year deal.   Teams don't know how high the salary cap is gonna go but the idea is you sign Mike Conley to this deal and in years 4 and 5 he is only making 30 million which is a tiny percentage of the salary cap and he is way underpaid allowing you to build a great team...  That said I think they might be betting a bit high...

It's counterintuitive but with a fast rising cap the good but not great players are gonna sign the biggest total deals... Your not gonna convince a great player to sign a six year deal where they might end up being one of the lower paid players in a few years...  But for the guys who are not transcendent you can throw six years at them and a tremendous sum of money and they will think "(a) I'm coming off a good year, I might get hurt or exposed as worse than I am soon and not be this highly valued and (b) who cares if I'm soon on of the lower paid stars, 150 million dollars is a lot, I'm gonna lock it down...

Delly has signed a 4 year $38 million contract with the Bucks

Wow this year is quite a shakeup.  If durant leaves the landscape of the NBA could be very different...  Well not if he goes to warriors but if he would go to Knicks or wizards that would be so cool...

I think Lebron winning a title really changes the calculus of the players...  Especially had the Cavs lost like 4-1 to the Warriors the perception would have been very different...

I think then the perception for players like Durant would have been: "the east is so weak.  Right now LeBron just makes it every year and loses to a better western team.  Why not go east and all I have to do is beat the Cavs to get to the finals and then who knows."

But now that they won I feel like it's not nearly as strong but somewhat like how the Bulls were in the late 90s.  Like everyone knows the East is weaker but nobody wants to go their because your not getting past the Bulls and into the finals... 

Funny how perception can change on something so small -  the Warriors could have had DG and possibly closed it out in 5... They didn't.  Cavs look like a juggernaut and confidence of guys like love and Irving it going to carry into next season...

also.. i'm a huge Wade/MIA fan but honestly, i'd also be happy to see him in CHICAGO.. going "back home" and landing some major money.

I guess i'm different though.. I like players moving around, it's fun.

I still want Durant in MIA tho.. c'mon riles.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/sfl-miami-heat-kevin-durant-s070316-story.html

i love tyler johnson, but let him go, if that means more money for Wade or Durant.

all i know is the wizards didn't get jack shit and i'm sad about it.

Miami always brag about how they treat "their own" right, like for example in the case of Udonis Haslem.

Unless they know something we don't (like, maybe they got medical reports that Wade will break down in 1 year or so), then this doesn't make sense. Obviously, there has to be some underlying reason that we're not yet aware of.

that team is either going to score 140 points a game or self-destruct.