JohnWallace44 wrote:To me, a max guy had better decide games, so if we give a ton of money to Lee and can't give it to guys like Carmelo down the road that would be pretty sad. Giving Lee 6 years and $66 Mil means that he's one of the top three if not top two guys that you're going to battle with for the next 6 years, especially given the impending CBA that will reduce player salaries making $11 mil per for Lee look even more ridiculous.
Lee's clearly not a center for a competitive team, correct? That means he has to play either Chandler's, Gallo's, Bosh's, Amare's, or 'Melo's position if we're going to be competitive, correct?
So let's say you do this. You have a center, and you have Lee making near Max money and you have Chandler and Gallo splitting minutes at what position? You've limited yourself to one of LeBron, Joe Johnson, Wade, or possibly Boozer. What's the best you can do there?
Who has ever said paying Lee near max money? Who?
I have said 6 years $70mm. That starts at $9mm next year. Thats not near max money and leaves you with a ton of cash to sign other players.
You want to build a winning team? Start with guys that have size, skill, high BB IQ, get better every year, rebound, make teammates better and score a high FG%.
Lee is an athletic guy. He's strong. He's got no physical limitations to speak of. He also gets better every year. Not just statistically, but skill wise. His jumpshot is simply money. He handles the ball. He makes difficult passes that lead to easy scores. 25 times last year Lee have over 5 assists in a game. He's a 55% shooter for his career. He added a 15-18 foot jumper this year and his FG%? 54.5%. Thats good for 9th in the league and only Amare scored more AND had a higher %.
If these guys grow on trees why arent there more of them? It cracks me up when you plug guys like Whiteside or Monroe into starting lineups. Lee would so thoroughly destroy those guys its not even funny.
I'm done amigo. If you cant see that a guy like this has value, and high value then I am obviously wasting keystrokes.
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