The Bulls, a team we call cheap all the time, offered Jimmy 11M, but he's only going to command 10M this summer
He could give us 14/7 with elite defense and a solid jumper and teams are gonna go
"The Bulls didn't win it all, so here's 10M
"
Some team isn't gonna offer him a 2-3M more this summer just to pry him away from us?
Kawhi was gonna get paid regardless. 23 year old 6'8 elite defenders that can shoot efficiently and have no problem playing their role but can step up if needed aren't signing for just 10M unless they just really fukk with the team and situation like that.
Luol Deng is a 29 year old injury prone player that has been run into the ground and damn near died a couple seasons ago. Iggy only signed for 12M a year a couple years ago and he doesn't have anywhere near the injury history Deng does.
Deng and Butler don't have similar situations at all.
You don't think teams recognize that last year he was playing 40mpg hurt on a team where Kirk Dunleavy and DJ Augustin were the teams best offensive creators?
It doesn't matter if he's gonna look like a max player. There's plenty of players signed to contracts that they look like they don't deserve, it's about what they command on the market and all they need is 1 team to give it to them.
It's Jimmy's contract year so of course, people are gonna say that every good game is a result of him playing out of his mind and he's gonna fall off once he signs the deal.
This isn't some 7 year veteran who all of a sudden starts playing well. This is his 4th year, he just turned 25. We saw the growth his second year, injuries and team makeup hurt him offensively last year but he was still elite defensively.
If we could've signed him for 12.5 per, then we messed up
We lose him this summer and we're fukked, we won't have the assets to replace him.
and Superman
