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Does Desmond Bane have one of the worst contracts in the league? 5 years, $210 Million (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by iWonder007@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I'll preface this by saying I like Desmond Bane and he is a good young player. But that max contract at this stage of his career is wild. He is nowhere near a max contract type guy. This would be akin to have given Buddy Hield a max contact after his 2018-2019 season. Obviously Bane is a bit better than that year's Hield, but production is not too far off.

2023 Bane: 21/5/4 on 48/40/83 splits

2019 Hield: 21/5/3 on 46/43/89 splits

Meanwhile Bane got a 5 year max 210 mil extension while Hield got a 4 year/90 mil contract

Any general thoughts on his contract? Am I being a bit too harsh?

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[–] Charlie_Wax@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't watch the Grizz much, but isn't Bane a better defender than Buddy?

Part of the equation you have to consider with these small market teams is that they're not going to attract the best FAs, so it makes sense for them to overpay to retain talent. Just a reality of not being LAL/NYK/BKN/etc.

[–] Good_NewsEveryone@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t think the free agency thing is that big of a player. Any team in the Grizz situation (lots of good young talent) is more concerned with managing future luxury tax than they with expecting to ever have cap space