This is a guard league, but big men are getting paid crazy

[francesco totti]

Mozgov 16 m
Noah 18 m


Howard maybe 25 m?

Its a joke.

[NBAGOAT]

it's just the cap situation. Any decent wing like a Bazmore or Crabbe is going get 20 mil too now I'm pretty sure.

[Meticode]

Oh don't worry Bradley Beal is nearing a 5-year $128 million deal. 25.6 million per season. He'll be getting paid almost as much as LeBron.

[francesco totti]

it's just the cap situation. Any decent wing like a Bazmore or Crabbe is going get 20 mil too now I'm pretty sure.

Neither Mozgov or Noah are decent as those two. Mozgov getting 16m equivalent is Richard Jefferson getting 20 m.

[NBAGOAT]

Neither Mozgov or Noah are decent as those two. Mozgov getting 16m equivalent is Richard Jefferson getting 20 m.

true Mozgov is just crazy however. The only good thing lakers did was **** up the market for everyone. Ezeli could get 20 mil/yr.

[Spurs m8]

What a stupid thread

[plowking]

A good big man is still the most valuable piece in the game. Just like when we were kids, the biggest guys, no matter how far behind they were in skills, were often the most effective, because they were simply bigger.

Now, tactics have changed to try and make the big man as redundant as possible if you're the opposing coach. It is a pick and roll league, and they try and exhaust the big man as much as possible.

People talk about big men from previous eras feasting on the current, but I just don't see it. Pick and rolls, a quicker, more mismatch centric game forces the big man into positions they generally aren't good at.

I mean can you guys imagine Shaq, Ewing, Malone, Dikembe, Daugherty having the pick and roll run on them all game? That is literally what coaches would run all game these days to get these bigger, more flat footed guys out of the game.

[SwishSquared]

Big men on rookie deals just saw their trade value increase.