His play in a vacuum, coming off a rookie contract warrants a Max deal. Defense be damned. He's about as impactful to that franchise as Dame was when he got his Max. Think there's quite a bit of hyperbole here.
I'm going with Rasheed Wallace frame (and game!)
8.5% annual raises, not 20%.
I know. I'm talking about Jokic warranting a max. Not Nurk .
OK, then my math must be wrong, because it's not working out.
In this market, anything above 12/yr will be a case of Neil bidding against himself. Which he is prone to doing.
Not saying he's stupid, but simply small framed, and even with maturity , I doubt he could handle the banging he'd take on a regular basis at the center position.
It would probably help our ability to build a competitive team if Nurk sees it that way
Even Paul Allen doesn't want to pay any more lux or repeater tax than he has to.
Maybe I'm off, but these scales that you have are vastly different from where I am. There just isn't enough money either this yr or next for these kinds of numbers. I think Neil offers him a deal similar to Meyers'.
Really?? You're completely off base if you don't think he can add 15+ lbs to this frame:
yes. just remember though that if the payroll as a result of the deal crosses the apron threshold (6 mil above tax line), the team forefits the full MLE and Biannual exception, can't do S&Ts, etc. It's a pseudo hard cap. It would behoove us to use all those exceptions first and then sign Nurk to his deal after.
I agree with this. Nurk is your traditional plodding center. The game is moving more and more towards versatile centers who can shoot. If we sign nurk to a big deal, he won’t be tradeable.
