Brunson being overpaid is a one off. There wasn't a big free agent market so it didn't set anything really. If it did that would have been fine Ant could have got an offer sheet for 4/100 and then it would have been a smart move to have him on that huge contract right now. The way it went down it just seems like we bid against ourselves the same way we have many times over the last decade... it's never turned out well for us. I really hope it's different this time and don't begrudge Ant the financial success in the least bit. I just wish our front office were more shrewd because we're not a large market team and it doesn't seem that we have the same big spending ownership anymore, so our ability to recover from mistakes is very limited.
Exactly and no one seems to care we clearly asked Ant to shut it down so we could tank in a handshake wink agreement we would pay him. That netted us arguably the best player in the draft potential wise. It also means if we lowballed or didn’t come through with a good offer we might have pissed him and/or his agent and camp off. We need chemistry and Ant is a huge part of our future going forward. Its worth the slight overpay, if indeed it was an overpay at all. I believe it will look cheap in 2 years.
while that was his breakout, i like this one better. he's cooking Jrue and not just one of the worst defenders in the league in Trae.
