Who is worth the max this summer?

Sting · Starting Rotation Joined: 04 Dec 2014 Posts: 846

Who should be thrown money?

C
Jordan
Greg Monroe

PF
Alridge
Love

SF
Leonard
Tobias Harris
K Middleton

?

venturalakersfan · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:35 pm Post subject:

Too many to list will likely get their max this offseason.
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Don Draper · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:36 pm Post subject:

Logically probably only Leonard and Jordan. Realistically, all of them are worth the max.

greenfrog · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:39 pm Post subject:

Dragic. I don't think Monroe gets it.

Marc Gasol of course.

Lakerfan 4 Life · Franchise Player Joined: 16 Apr 2001 Posts: 16126

LeBron (If he opts out)
Jimmy Butler
Kawhi Leonard
LaMarcus Aldridge
Marc Gasol

Thugnomoe · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 3:03 pm Post subject:

Lebron

Gasol

Leonard

Draymond Green

Butler.

Everyone else is not worth it.

Jordan can't shoot FT
Love is injury prone
Dragic isn't good enough
Aldridge is soft

lonlyamongus1 · Rookie Joined: 28 Apr 2015 Posts: 21

Jordan
Gasol

Aldridge
Love

Leonard

and those should be it for the true Max players.

Dragic might be one, Monroe might be one but only due to cap raise next year. Forgot about Butler, added as a potential Max due to cap raise

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

Remember there are different categories of "max."
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http://hoopshype.com/free_agency_2015.htm

I cannot believe the career earnings of some of these players ...

For max. deals this Summer (excl. LeBron and others who are "technically" FA), I would imagine these six have the inside track:

Marc Gasol
LaMarcus Aldridge
Kawhi Leonard
Kevin Love
Jimmy Butler
DeAndre Jordan

I have Draymond Green solidly below that tier ... like everyone else on that GS roster, I think he benefits immeasurably from having so many distractions swirling around on his end of the court ...

And then everyone else ...

KingKobe20 · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 3:31 pm Post subject:

MAX:

Marc Gasol
Lamarcus Aldridge
Kawhi Leonard

Not sold on giving it to Goran Dragic.
Yes he is an excellent point guard. Could easily go off for 20-30 points a game. Only issue I have with him is that he gets torched alot as well. It goes under the radar mainly with us because were always too busy watching him drop 35 on our Lakers.

Same can be said about Rondo and Draymond Green.
It's evident Rondo has never been the same after his acl injury. An Draymond imo could be fool's gold and just a product of the Warrior's system.

Honorable Mention MAX player:

Jimmy Butler

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GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

You guys are gonna be totally blown away this summer.

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RI Laker · Star Player Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 7158

For this team right now (assuming we end up drafting Justice), the only player that is worth it is Butler.

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wolfpaclaker · Retired Number Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 58344

Teams who spend foolishly rarely win in the league.
Team who spend smart and on the right players at the right time - win.

Now that's a general statement but it applies in the new era that everyone anticipates. Loads of spending? Average salary jumping? Ok. Even in the no max era and era when the Knicks were signing everyone and anyone - Dr Buss and Jerry West built their core mostly through the draft and paid the big fish that was worth it.

I don't care about what other teams are going to do. We still need to approach it as if we want to sign players that can be a part of a ring team within 2-3 years. Any other attitude is calling for further mediocrity.

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Who is worth the max? Hmmm...

Gasol
LeBron
Aldridge
Deandre

Who will be paid the max? A bunch more.

greenfrog · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 7:42 pm Post subject:

if someone will pay it you're worth it!

USCandLakers · Franchise Player Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 19955

Just stay away from Kevin Love. It doesn't make sense on multiple levels.
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kikanga · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 7:47 pm Post subject:

This is a loaded question, and I'm not sure the OP realizes it.

This offseason, is the offseason before a humongous cap raise. Next offseason free agency will be abnormally competitive. Most estimates I've seen has the cap jumping 20-25 mill.

If you want a certain FA, now is the year to "overpay". If it's a long term contract you can make out like salary cap bandits when we look back year 2017 and beyond.
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GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

I'm starting to cringe every time I read the word "max." It doesn't mean the same thing for every player, but people talk about it like it does.

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