<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Then there are those said affiliates who are obscenely overpaid; Latrell Sprewell, for example. The free- agent-in-waiting is on the Wolves' bloated books this season for $14.625M and earnestly believes he shouldn't take as much as a penny pay cut over the next three years from Minnesota or any team. In his twisted view, Sprewell evidently thinks he's salaried on the cheap. In his warped analysis, he feels he deserves a raise (as if he wasn't sufficiently overly rewarded last season, $13.5M), for providing effective effort and pressure points playing off MVP Kevin Garnett and helping lead his franchise past the first round (deep into the third) for the first time in its history. Should Wolves owner Glen Taylor refuse to considerably upgrade his "insulting" three-year offer (the $30M vicinity) before commencement exercises Nov. 3, Sprewell vows to forever flee Minnesota at season's end. Well, I've got news for Sprewell: at 35 (Sept. 8, 1970) he's not going to get such a warm financial response from any other team. Not that he isn't dreadfully experienced in running amuck in such mine fields and plundering them. Still, forcing this particular issue, it says here, will prove to be a calculably, uncorrectable error. Finding a $15M plus taker for his over-ripened services? I can't envision that happening. Sprewell would have a better second chance of squeezing blood from a stoned P.J. Carlesimo. </div> I agree with this article, Spree really does not deserve a that big of a raise. He is already in the top 10 in the NBA for salary, what are you complaining about? He really has to get this over with, and play some ball. Pure
Glen Taylor's offer is about what Spree deserves, 3 years for 30 million dollars. It gives him security and he stills gets a boatload of money. No one who isn't desperate will pay him $15,000,000. So maybe the Bobcats depending on their cap situation.
Sprewell is delusional if he thinks he can get more than that from another team. I don't think the Wolves should budge. They're better off spending their money elsewhere rather than overpaying an aging headcase.
