
Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
I think he's currently worth what he's getting paid - that is, about $35m a year.
Any contract that starts at $40m+, and then stacks the 8% increases on top of that, is an overpay imo, especially given our horrible cap situation. We just can't afford that.
And it's not like that's cheap. That's still a lot of money. He's worth a good amount of money. But is he lightyears better than Zion as a player? No, he's worse. Is he more available? Historically yes but as of the last few seasons, honestly not really. Over the last 3 years (24-25, 23-24, 22-23) Ingram's played less than 20 additional games than Zion. They both miss a lot of time. So should BI be making more than Zion? No, not really, and Zion makes $36m this year and then has the annual increases. Why should BI get more? What has he done to earn it? Nothing at all.