Quote from: 18thacccount on October 15, 2016, 02:52:36 PM

Quote from: Rubberduckie on October 15, 2016, 09:18:19 AM

JR smith making almost 15 million dollars a year!!! wow. I think every player
that's retired for more than 10 years is crying. To think major roll players in the
90's only made a million and this clown that just shoots only makes 15 million
a year. Maybe NBA should lower ticket prices instead of paying the players more
money.

He got an extremely good deal, I did not like his performance overall and I guess he is shooting too much 3 that slow down the team rhythm when he is not hitting them, interesting to watch how he perform with this sum of money for his deal.
Interesting off-season with KD being one of the most interesting deals IMO.

I think he fits with the team, he is not a star player and with the new salaries it's a fair deal for everyone involved. They could've paid him less I guess but Cleveland is in a good position right now because it secured all its stars before the new salary cap and now they are "cheap".

I also feel JR is still young, 30 years old is not old in basketball by any means and he's not a very athletic type of player so he won't suffer that much. I think he's a poor 's man Ray Allen, without clutch shot and leadership of course. But he can be lethal from the 3pt line and become a scoring machine when others are not having a good game. The season is very long and Cleveland definitely needs him.

The reason other teams don't offer him that much it is because he's a gamble and unpredictable. No team will commit to a guy who comes from being a champ and has dubious professional ethical behavior. He may bail on them. Cleveland took a gamble (a very cheap one) when he was in NY and it worked out perfectly, now it's time to reward him and keep him in check.