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Yeah this new CBA is very penalizing for supermax deals too. I don't think it's an overpay because he is their best player and the value of having a guy that the fans connect with is huge but the cap ramifications do make the deal suck for the Suns if they intend on contending again.

 

It's not insanity. Insanity is people worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

Booker is objectively one of the 40 best basketball players in the world. Basketball, you know, the sport we get on here and type posts about, the sport we all watch a ton of. The value of a year's work for an entertainer on his level who has about a ten to fifteen year window of earning power is extremely high.

The economics make sense. We are a global society that puts a high premium on entertainment and the NBA is a global brand.

 

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It’s already $50 million a year. That’s crazy money. I wonder who will be the first player to get $100 million in a year?

 

It's the same supermax deal Dame signed with the Blazers and many all-stars have. The % is the same it's just the cap continues to go up. Next summer there will be guys with bigger extensions, then the summer after bigger extensions, etc etc.

 

Good question. Yes we're passed 75million per year so how many 10% increases until that's $100 million.

Looks to me thats just 3 years.

Now if the cap increases less than 10% some years perhaps that's 4-5 years but seems with the new TV deal and expansion it should.

 

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I agree. and the Suns wont be able to build a competitive team around him.

 

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I'm not sure Booker contract makes a difference one way or the other on that. Put Booker on a good value 25% contract instead of 35% and they still have little hope.

The Suns have almost no trade assets and no draft pick until 2032. I suppose they need to hope that every late or 2nd round draft pick and cheap free agent signing they make is a home run.

 

No it won't be Wemby as he won't be on 35% max for 10 year vet. Every offseason some vets get the 35% contract so it'll be whoever does at the year the cap raises to the applicable amount.

 

True. My point was more to the fact if Booker wants to win and contend for a championship he should have looked at signing for less on a different team after his current deal is done.

 

What allstar level player has ever done that? I can't think of any.

Dirk/Duncan might have taken less to try and stack their teams but they were drafted about 30 years ago with totally different salary caps. They didn't go to different teams.

 

I suppose the Lebron/Wade/Bosh Heat took a bit less than the max (although very close to it). I don't want any allstars trying to emulate that group.

I prefer players just sign for what they can and the teams are responsible for building the best roster around them. Seems like cheating to have guys take less money to stash more talent on their roster. Other franchises often aren't able to do that.

 

Did Tom Brady cheat to win all his Super Bowls? He consistently took less money than other QB's to help the Patriots build a better roster around him. Smart move IMO.

 

Yes he and the Patriots did cheat many times and were caught. Who knows how many more times they may have not been caught.

 

Good lord dude. Yes I am aware of that, but that's not the point of what we are discussing... players taking less money to build a better roster. You cant convince me that Brady taking less money wasnt a big reason why him and the Pats won so many Super Bowls.

 

how are okc going to pay players 4-15 after williams signs his extention likely close to what chet and paolo got