Wow this hit the airwaves literally within an hour of my voiced concerns.
Ok ... perhaps a bit much, but reality is this is the new NBA salary heights. Not much better than Carroll's contract or what Amir went away to get. It's just a new plateau for mediocre players that we'll all get used to.... I'm already shaking to think what Demar is going to get ...
Nobody cares about them spending money. It's about them not using their resources efficiently and not putting the best possible team on the court. If anything we should've spent that money on keeping Amir who's a much better player. Given the same opportunity as Ross (3 seasons of mediocre play) I would bet money that a guy like Norman Powell(as well as a truckload of wing players in and out of the league) wouldn't do that much worse than what Ross has done in his 3 years.
I actually agree with seifer on this one, and don't forget that I was driving the Ross bandwagon before we even drafted him. It is very unlikely for players to just all of a sudden put it together given how little Ross has shown (save for a certain 51 point night). But for Ross to get more than what JR Smith or Shumpert are getting doesn't seem to make much sense. I'm not sure what the downside of waiting it out would have been - you don't here about too many distractions coming from a third guy coming off the bench playing in a contract year.
edit- Let me add to this by saying that I still like Ross, and believe he is a decent player for this role and hope he develops into a JR Smith-type player. I'll also concede that he's been pretty good this season. But I've always contended that I don't care what other people do with their money as long as it doesn't affect what you can do when building a team. And to lose whatever the difference between the 10 million and his cap hold would have been might end up being significant the season that the cap goes up, I'm just saying.
I think you know who I'm siding with in this one. My boy sonny weems was never given the chance Ross had. I don't think there would be a huge drop off if the raps just sign weems or bazemore. Probably can be had for cheap too.
I like how ever since Porn said that not having Ross would upset our 5-0 team chemistry our team has now lost 2 games in a row and Ross has gone scoreless in the past 2 games.
Maybe Porn will now say that when Ross scores our team wins and when he doesn't we lose. You can make a bunch of dots look like anything if you squint your eyes long enough. Sometimes dots are just dots. A bench player that plays 15-20 min just isn't that important. Bringing in vague terms like "Team chemistry" and "Winning mentality" doesn't overshadow the fact that the dude is a shitty player. There I said it. He is a BAD player. In fact, before the Raptors signed him to this extension, I would be less surprised if he is out of the league than making 33 million.
I disagree. He is not a bad player. He brings enough quality to warrant being in the NBA.
Would I have paid him $31 million over 3 years? No. But it's not my money and I really don't see the point in getting pissed at the management when they make a call like this. They understand the cap far better than I ever will and if this signing turns out to be the reason we can't get somebody like Durant, then I'll hold my hands up and say I got it wrong, it does matter. But when the alternatives are players like Lou Williams and Amir Johnson, I don't think the difference in personnel matters enough to warrant a bashing.
I believe he got a slight bump in salary due to a shorter term which works out for both sides. Would not be surprised if there was some sort of team option in the final year as well.
If they want to trade him he's more attractive to other teams and 3 years 33 million is more preferable to a team vs. a 4 or 5 year contract.
Terrence Ross probably thinks that he can cash in in 3 years as well.
Anyways, this contract is not nearly as bad as some people are making it out to be...I wouldn't personally give him that much money..but even if he doesn't progress as they hope..a 3 year contract is not crippling and they could easily trade it.
Raptors salary next year will be $72M. Cap is expected to be $70M. I assume with no cap space they figure they might as well use birds rights to re-sign a young player like Ross. Also not sure if he will exercise it, but DeRozan has a player option next year. So, maybe this is a backup option if DeMar decides to opt out and we can't re-sign him.
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