Tim Duncan and only 10 mill. I thought he would have been much higher than that.
This reinforces my view that you don't pay 8-digits to perimeter players that aren't great at creating. Cutting out bigs, perimeter guys that are worth it, and the guys that are just dead-weight, this list as it compares to Hayward is Batum and Galinari (both of whom would be making less than Hayward is asking). I'm not sure Hayward is better than them.
If we're trying to figure out the market value of a player, you can't just cut out players when comparing, regardless of intention.
You can't compare apples to apples? Okay.
Pretty much the only Shooting Guard on that list is James Harden. Harden is a superstar, he deserves what he gets paid. For Hayward to expect Harden-like money is a stretch.
Stockton took less money to give it to Malone, iirc.
I'll give you the first two and see if you can figure it out..."If I"
Of course not. Some people need apples and some need oranges. Some even need the awful durian fruit. If you want to look at position, why not look at the need at the time the contract was signed, too? Or, why not just cut all that crap and just look at all the players and ask what 12 or 14 million can buy you, on average? Isn't that how market value works?
Took a pay cut that halved his salary 2 years ago, so the Spurs could sign some players. Splitter was one of them...signed a new deal this past year.