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The Top 5 best contracts payroll below 5.7M Taxpayer MLE 2019 Summer

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by BigBum, Jul 17, 2019.

  1. BigBum

    BigBum Member

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    Date June 30 to July 17. Exclude all rookie contracts.

    This is what I have.

    JaMychal Green 4.8M

    Enes Kanter 4.8M

    Kevon Looney 4.6M

    DeMarcus Cousins 3.5M

    WCS: 1.7M

    5 players total $19 Million Dollars, Chris Paul 38 million dollars

    What do you have?
     
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  2. J.R.

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    Boban Marjanovic - 2 years, $7M with Dallas
    Austin Rivers - 2 years, $4.6M with Houston
    T.J. McConnell - 2 years, $7M with Indiana
    Avery Bradley - 2 years, $9.7M with LA
    JaVale McGee - 2 years, $8.2M with LA
    Robin Lopez - 2 years, $9.8M with Milwaukee
    Noah Vonleh - 1 year, $2M with Minnesota
    Jordan Bell - 1 year, $1.6M with Minnesota
    Rodney Hood - 2 years, $11.7M with Portland
    Richaun Holmes - 2 years, $9.8M with Sacramento
    Rondae Hollis-Jefferson - 1 year, ??? with Toronto
    Ed Davis - 2 years, $9.8M with Utah
    Jeff Green - 1 year, $2.5M with Utah
     
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    Hood @ $11.7 for 2 yrs was an absolute steal for the Blazers
     
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  4. ghettocheeze

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    This list is an absolute indictment on why the NBA is on its way to a lockout soon.

    Income inequality between the rich superstars and the middle class role-players is unsustainable. With almost every team handing out max contracts left and right, money has dried up to pay even an average salary to the rest of the players. That's why teams keep dangling 1+1 type bargain offers to solid veteran role-players. Meanwhile, the elites live comfortably with 4-5 year guaranteed contracts.

    NBA Players Association President Chris Paul and Vice-President LeBron James should be ashamed of themselves. They only worked to serve their own interests over the rest of the players. Both deserve to lose their powerful positions in the forthcoming labor dispute.
     
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    Yeah CP3 the poster child for getting his own. Also sorry to bring it up, but we could’ve had at least one of those guys like Jeff Green, Davis etc. Really wonder if Morey tried.
     
  6. wizkid83

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    Ariza, Marcus morris, delon wright, tyus Jones, zubac, kcp, Danny green, valanciunas, Dewayne demon, thad young, Terry rozier, Terrance Ross, rubio, aminu, lamb, brogdan, bogdanovic, Thomas Bryant, Julius Randall, Pat bev, Reggie Bullock, Wayne Ellington, Tomas santoransky, Darius Miller, maxi kleiber and Seth curry all suggest that the NBA middle class is doing just fine.
     
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    Just for reference the Mid-Level Exception for 2019 is $9,258,000, which is considered approximately the average salary.

    Below average salary:
    Reggie Bullock ($4,000,000)
    Ivaca Zubac ($6,481,482)
    Darius Miller ($6,850,000)
    Seth Curry ($7,441,860)
    Thomas Bryant ($7,936,508)
    Wayne Ellington ($7,804,878)
    Maxi Kleiber ($8,000,000)
    Kentavious Caldwell-Pope ($8,089,282)

    Average salary:
    Tyus Jones ($8,408,000)
    Al-Farouq Aminu ($9,258,000)
    Delon Wright ($9,473,684)
    Tomas Santoransky ($10,000,000)
    Jeremy Lamb ($10,500,000)

    Coming off Rookie Scale:
    Julius Randle ($18,000,000)
    Terry Rozier ($19,894,737)
    Malcom Brogdon ($20,000,000)

    1 year deal:
    Trevor Ariza ($12,200,000, non-guaranteed 2020)
    Marcus Morris ($15,000,000)

    Solid veterans making good money:
    Patrick Beverly ($12,345,679)
    Terrence Ross ($12,500,000)
    Thaddeus Young ($12,900,000)
    Dewayne Dedmon ($13,333,334)
    Danny Green ($14,634,146)
    Jonas Valanciunas ($16,000,000)
    Ricky Rubio ($16,190,476)
    Bojan Bogdanovic ($17,000,000)

    As you can see, 7 of the players you listed are making less than average salary and should be disqualified from your discussion altogether. Thus, the "middle class" only includes 5 players on average salary.

    The rest are solid starters and role-players who definitely deserve the money -- no argument from me whatsoever on that point. However, the $12-17 million range for such talent is so cheap when compared to Chris Paul ($38,506,482) -- the measuring stick in this discussion.

    For example... for the price of one Chris Paul, you can get...
    three Beverly(s)...
    or Beverly, Ross, and Green...
    or Valanciunas and Bogdanovic

    (LMAO I would take three Beverlys over everything in a heartbeat!)

    See the absurdity of this? Chris Paul is so overpaid you could get 2-3 excellent starters for the same price.

    That's what I meant when I said Paul should be ashamed of promoting his self interests over the players' as president of their union. This is why there will be a labor dispute and lockout soon because Chris Paul is just one of many who are now making absurd amounts of money and don't justify their value at all.
     
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    Kevon Looney picked 2 picks ahead of Trez.

    Trez is almost as good, just lacking in size slightly because he's hauling ass all night and can't seem to keep the muscle on him.

    So why we didn't keep Trez, and threw him into that mix for Clippers on the CP3 trade, I have no idea.

    Yes, I know this has been discussed extensively, I'm just expressing my annoyance.
     
  9. wizkid83

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    I like how you used one of the worst max contract to benchmark. We should benchmark below average player starting with Ryan Anderson....Holy crap role players are over paid !!!!
     
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    tilboy is only interested in big names or g leaguers
     
  11. saleem

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    Morey too.
     
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  12. Realjad

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    Sounds like your beef is with NBA GM's. Nothing is stopping NBA GM's from choosing to have a Beverly, Ross, and Green over Chris Paul.
     

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