Before we panic and say this is too much $$$, remember all the contracts that seemed to be too much, then over time, as ALL salaries increased, it really was not that bad a salary after all.
In my mind, the fact that AK's contract is up after next year is very key here. Do we want to keep an AK who looks maxed out, even regressing, versus a young and just beginning what looks like a very good career, player in Wes Matthews? At this stage, my $$$ would be on Matthews, and I would think that's the Jazz's position. After all, they just let Boozer walk the year after Millsap got his big $$$...