Scott: If for nothing else it is great for the moves that teams make and the contracts they hand out thinking that a certain player will be their savior, or at least a major piece of the puzzle.
How else do you explain Brian Cardinal getting a two-year, $13 million deal (All remaining amounts)? Or Keith Van Horn getting a six-year, $73 million extension? Or Kenyon Martin robbing the Nuggets for a seven-year, $96 million contract? Shall I keep going??? Ok…
Andrei Kirilenko ($16.4 next season) making more than Kevin Garnett, Yao Ming, Amare Stoudemire, Joe Johnson, Deron Williams, LeBron and Carmelo? Or Gerald Wallace making $43 million over 4 years? This could go on forever, but the point is some of these teams are so desperate to have a game changer they will fork up huge cash for a player who had one good season in a contract year (Tim Thomas) or a guy who was a standout on a crappy team (Gerald Wallace) to lead them. But in reality they set the franchise back years because of the poor investment. This year’s poor investment? Hedo Turkolu and Trevor Ariza. Both are great role players on great teams, but ask them to carry a team for a whole season and they can’t do it. This is why NBA free agency is so great!
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