« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2017, 09:55:36 PM »
Barring injury, he will be offered the max. That includes raises. I simply don't understand why people here can't see his worth. He's a legit great player.
It's not about his worth, it's about what teams are willing to pay for him in a league flush with PG's, and a stabilizing salary cap that's going to make it harder for teams to offer max deals at all.
I'd argue that there aren't any PG's out there that have comparable skill level to that of IT; after all, IT is 2nd in the league in scoring. Of the ones available in FA, Jrue is the best, and he is not even close to being in Isaiah's league
For reference, Carmelo/Harden have never averaged more points than IT currently is. KD has only surpassed that number twice in his career, Lebron only 3 times.
IT is great. What he's doing now is worthy of a max contract, no question. But how many teams are going to have max space in a year? How many of those teams will have an opening for a PG? Of teams that meet both those criteria, how many will want to spend that kind of money on a player with IT's deficiencies at his age (he'll be 29 when he signs his next deal)?
And all of this is up in the air if his 2018 season looks like more his 2016 season, than his 2017.
Just looking the cap and teams with adequate cap space, Nets, Knicks, Sac, Indy, Brooklyn, Dallas, and Philly could all use IT.
and IT is still going to be 28 when he signs his next deal, he just turned 28
And since he'll sign his next deal over a year from now, he'll be 29.
Those teams need a PG now but how many of them will have max room in summer '18? Who will still need a PG after this summer? Teams like Sacramento and Philly might need a PG but would unlikely want to sign a 29 year old given their stage of rebuild.
He might have suitors. We agree that he's an amazing talent and worthy of a max deal. But the teams that might have the ability and desire to spend that money on a player of his size, age, and limitation whittles down awfully fast.
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