Archie Moses
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"Large contracts create huge negative on players."
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
how much salary does conley deserve ?
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Who decides that sliding scale? It's a terrible idea that isn't practical.
What?
Archie Moses
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Pressure.*
Yes, if players have that burden of hitting certain levels game to game on top of trying to win games. That's a terrible environment for long term growth.
SoUjazzfan
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A smaller base contract with big incentives to hit certain benchmarks would be nice in this situation. And having a player who's agent hadn't made it aware he didn't want to be here would also be nice. Sure he's said otherwise but I have to ask, has he shown otherwise? At this point I really hope he doesn't want to be here so opting out is an option for next year.
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I think it's a great idea, just impossible to enact. The idea is great. The execution isn't reasonable.
Like if there were a perfect way to determine what a players actual play/production was worth (without all the obvious issues with selfishness etc) and they got exactly that amount of pay then it would be awesome.
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Archie Moses
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To me, if you sign a contract, you should play to the level of said contract or get ridiculed for not playing up to it. Sports 101.
I don't get dudes like you that are apologists for athletes with ****** contracts.
Do you still think Conley was a good addition to the Jazz with his contract?
I don't.
Jazz4ever
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Define "play to the level" though. Is it based on box score stats, on/off, all star appearances, etc? There would need to be a metric that could fairly grade everyone and there isn't one, which is part of the beauty of basketball.
Lakers_Slapper
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When Conley was signed to this contract he was with the Grizzlies and producing at a much higher rate. Even then it was a slight head scratcher, but wasn't ridiculous. Look at the numbers when he was signed to that contract. It was much more justifiable than what he has been producing for Utah. I still think there is a nervousness with him playing for another team (After being with the Grizzlies for over a decade). But he should be producing at a higher rate, no doubt about it. As confusing as his lack of production is, I still feel that he will eventually put it together. He's coming off a record year. This makes no sense at all why he's choking game after game.
Archie Moses
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For 32 million dollars, I expect, at least 30 million dollar play.
It's really not that hard of a metric.