Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by random49er:
What contract, though? There are no terms to any contract right now. How can we say something's a bargain when we have no idea what it is?
If it's a bargain now, then what's stopping it from being a bargain in 2026 or 2027? What makes "2025" the "year of the bargain" ??
This isn't rocket science man. Contracts go up every year. Salary cap goes up. The expectation is the cap will really go up in the next couple of years.
Smart move is to get ahead of it cuz then you're dealing with higher prices across the board.
When risk is involved, that's not necessarily the smart move at all.
It's called
risk/reward,...and it's a balance. As you said....not rocket science. Pretty basic stuff.
And there's no set cap hit number or percentage right now that qualifies as a great deal.
We won't find out how great of a deal it was or wasn't until he actually plays on the new deal. That's pretty much always how it works.
So tossing the cliches out for obvious reasons.
[ Edited by random49er on Apr 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM ]