The Rashard Lewis contract is frightening.

[qwerty]

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[johndeeregreen]

well players like Chris Webber and Derek Anderson are making 15 mill a year from previous contracts. I would say Rashard Lewis is way more valuable then both those players.

One of the dumber things I've read in some time.

When Webber got that contract, he was worth it.

[niko]

so they can pile a big stupid contract for darko on top of this big stupid contract. YAH!

[TheBynumProject]

How long have I advocated the elimination of guaranteed contracts? I believe the current CBA expires in 4 years, and you can bet Stern has that day circled on his calander. Orlando finally had a bit of flexibility after Hill's deal came off the books (Im sure Magic fans were delighted to wait seven years for that), and they recklessly tie up their newfound cap freedom by throwing it out the window for someone who plays no D, is not a good rebounder for his size, and wasn't even the best player on one of the worst teams in the league. He has played in one all-star game (2005), where he scored 2 points. Hes not even a top 50 player.

If you think the current economic landscape will last in the NBA, you're crazy. Changes are coming.

[qwerty]

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[LJJ]

You know whats crazy?

Opening another topic on this while there already are about seven.

[TheBynumProject]

My topic is more about drawing attention to the flawed system as a whole.

[johndeeregreen]

Otis Smith just blew by Thomas and Ainge as the worst GM in the NBA.

The funny thing is that Lewis will be getting paid more than Howard. What a sport!

[TheBynumProject]

Derek Anderson never got 15 million a year. He left the Spurs in 2001 to sign a six-year deal for the MLE with Portland. When SA agreed to a sign and trade, the value of Anderson's deal increased slightly, to about 45 million. SA received Steve Smith in exchange.

[Kblaze8855]

Off the top of my head the only players to ever make 25 million in a single season are Shaq, Jordan, and KG. Houston may have but I dont think so.

[Uchiha_Hai]

Rashard is not worth 15 Million a year or however much he is getting paid, and Darko certainly does not deserve 10 million a year for looking dumbfounded every time he is on the court.

[Uchiha_Hai]

Off the top of my head the only players to ever make 25 million in a single season are Shaq, Jordan, and KG. Houston may have but I dont think so.

Chris Webber and Allan Houston got paid as much as 20 million a year, pretty close though.

[FPower]

What's truly unbelievable to me is the 6th year of the contract. That means that Otis Smith was dumb enough to fall for the idea that there was another team out there willing to max out Shard, AND produce a sign and trade that would have appealed to Seattle. Call a bluff man, Jesus. And if there actually WAS that .0000001% chance out there that Shard's agent was telling the truth...friggin let Shard go. Go get Gerald Wallace instead, and re-sign Darko as a bonus.

The TE is not that big.....

The Sonics have agreed to sign forward Rashard Lewis to a six-year contract worth the NBA maximum and then send him to the Orlando Magic for a conditional second-round pick and a trade exception worth between $9 million and $9.5 million, the PI has learned. Seattle Post-Intelligencer

^^^Something's not right there. The trade exception should be 16 million if that's what Shard's starting salary is going to be. Unless the Magic are shipping out somebody in the sign and trade...

[jbot]

that's alot of $ for this guy, but maybe the magic know something that everybody else doesn't?

[shirkkan]

that's alot of $ for this guy, but maybe the magic know something that everybody else doesn't?

Maybe they know how to convert Lewis in the best forward in the league : :