Sounds about right to me. Keeps him happy by slightly overpaying compared to this year's market. Locks him up for two years. Keeps him motivated by making the next two years "contract years". I'd be relieved if they make this deal and get it over with.
I know, that's awesome, haha. Perfectly describes him strutting around and posting those embarrassing pics
Young players tend to get paid for what a team hopes they can be someday. Mid-20’s they get paid for who they are. After that it’s mostly hoping they won’t drop off during that contract. If this is true it’s the Blazers paying him what they think he’ll be.
Well, yes. O'Quinn is 28, Nurk is 23 (soon to be 24). It'd be much wiser to invest in a younger and taller player, who is already putting up better #'s.
The only place where Nurkic's numbers are better is points, and that's simply because he shoots more often. O'Quinn is more efficient, and is equal/better everywhere else. And I understand "investing in the younger player", but 3X as much per year, for a skillset that many argue is being mostly phased out?
Yeah, Nurk's a starter, and will continue to get better. O'Quinn is a nice backup, and what you see is what you get.
the figure that stands out to me is age...Nurk is 4 years younger....given 4 more seasons I think Nurk will eclipse the comparison by a large margin
So, we're paying 45M over 3 years, so that in 4 years Nurkic might be better than a guy who makes a third of what he does now.
I think he will be...not just might...and few people are giving out long contracts these days...Big Ed got one year...several others as well...low balling a guy with Nurk's talent and future for a guy who's that much older ...I'd bank on Nurk...in 4 years O'Quinn will be 32...I also think that any big playing on that Knicks roster is going to get some stats...they don't have Dame and CJ ball dominance ….even Jeremy Lin looked like an allstar with the Knicks
I think its "fair" if you want to keep him happy, if he improves a bit this yr its a positive value and very tradeable contract goven his D presence, if his O improves it could become a great contract
Serious question: what part of Nurk's game do people expect to significantly improve? Does anyone really think he is worth $15 mil a year as is?
Scoring at the rim....he's way ahead of the curve at his age for a big man...footwork...passing..all can improve
