Originally Posted by
NMThreeMVP
Since when is a certain percentage of cap the acceptable measuring stick for whether a guy should get a certain dollar amount?! I know, BSS and MM are using, so now all the kids want to use it.
On playoff teams, guys that's take up 10-15% of the salary cap are currently players like Teague, Milsaps, Pau Gasol, Ariza, Jeff Green, Mike Conley, Monta Ellis, Wes Matthews, Afflalo and DeRozan.
Find me the playoff team that pays a guy like Asik 10-15% of the salary cap.
It's an absurd way of looking at.
Paying Asik over then next 4 years has an opportunity cost, the same as paying Gordon over the last 4 years has.
If we're giving $10m to him in 2016-19, that's $10m less we can spend on players that are better players than Asik. Folks that want to do that are doing what we commonly call "chasing" in poker.
9x out of 10 you win by playing better cards.
Asik is a nine deuce suited.