PGs that have max contracts -
John Wall
Derrick Rose
Deron Williams
Gilbert Arenas (
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Russell Westbrook
Chris Paul
And while he's not making max Ty Lawson is around $13 million a year, which is insane imo, dude doesn't have the impact on the game to deserve that. You can make the case that Steph Curry is the best PG in the league right now, and he's got a 4 year $44 million contract, which is great value for a player putting up 23/9 but as good as he is I still wouldn't want to max him out when the time comes because of those creaky ankles.
I don't know, if I were a GM I would never give a PG a max contract, not unless they are one of those rare 6'5"+ dudes that can get their shot off anytime they want. All of these great guards and the best PG to win a title in the last 10 years was Tony Parker, and when he did it he wasn't a max player, which allowed the Spurs to spend money on more important positions. I'm to the point where I wouldn't even build a team around one if it meant giving them a max contract, seems like such a waste of caproom when you can spend that on a swing or a big man. And these dudes were overpaid as fukk up until last summer, I mean George Hill/Ty Lawson are making more than Teague, Lowry & Jennings when they are all pretty much the same player and have a similar impact on the game.
The last 20 champs had these PGs starting -
Chalmers x 2
Kidd
Fisher x 2
Rondo
Parker
J. Williams
Parker
Billups
Parker
Fisher
Brian Shaw/Fisher
Ron Harper
Avery Johnson
Ron Harper X 3
Kenny Smith x 2
The vast majority of these teams started PGs that weren't even top 5 in the league, shyt some aren't even top 15. The position just doesn't have the impact like that, maybe it will in the future with all these 6'4"+ converted SGs starting to take over the position, but that ball dominating style Chris Paul plays will not get it done if he's your max/best player on the team. If you told me to pick between Jeff Teague at $8 million a year, or Chris Paul at $18 million....I'm taking Teague 
John Wall
Derrick Rose
Deron Williams
Gilbert Arenas (
)Russell Westbrook
Chris Paul
And while he's not making max Ty Lawson is around $13 million a year, which is insane imo, dude doesn't have the impact on the game to deserve that. You can make the case that Steph Curry is the best PG in the league right now, and he's got a 4 year $44 million contract, which is great value for a player putting up 23/9 but as good as he is I still wouldn't want to max him out when the time comes because of those creaky ankles.
I don't know, if I were a GM I would never give a PG a max contract, not unless they are one of those rare 6'5"+ dudes that can get their shot off anytime they want. All of these great guards and the best PG to win a title in the last 10 years was Tony Parker, and when he did it he wasn't a max player, which allowed the Spurs to spend money on more important positions. I'm to the point where I wouldn't even build a team around one if it meant giving them a max contract, seems like such a waste of caproom when you can spend that on a swing or a big man. And these dudes were overpaid as fukk up until last summer, I mean George Hill/Ty Lawson are making more than Teague, Lowry & Jennings when they are all pretty much the same player and have a similar impact on the game.
The last 20 champs had these PGs starting -
Chalmers x 2
Kidd
Fisher x 2
Rondo
Parker
J. Williams
Parker
Billups
Parker
Fisher
Brian Shaw/Fisher
Ron Harper
Avery Johnson
Ron Harper X 3
Kenny Smith x 2
The vast majority of these teams started PGs that weren't even top 5 in the league, shyt some aren't even top 15. The position just doesn't have the impact like that, maybe it will in the future with all these 6'4"+ converted SGs starting to take over the position, but that ball dominating style Chris Paul plays will not get it done if he's your max/best player on the team. If you told me to pick between Jeff Teague at $8 million a year, or Chris Paul at $18 million....I'm taking Teague
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