Player The blessed howl's moving Castle of Stephon Javonte

[spursistan]

Forget Reed Sheppard, that argument is dead. But the idea of Amen Thompson having a higher projected ceiling than Castle is extremely dodgy. His offense looks like a lost cause.

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[Ariel]

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This would be both good and bad. Good because it's horrific for Houston, Amen is nowhere near a max player. But bad because it's going to be difficult to sell Castle on taking anything less than the max on an extension next year if that's what Amen and Duren get.

 

[Ice009]

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This would be both good and bad. Good because it's horrific for Houston, Amen is nowhere near a max player. But bad because it's going to be difficult to sell Castle on taking anything less than the max on an extension next year if that's what Amen and Duren get.

I see what you're saying, but you've also got Manu and TP in the organization who took less to keep the team together, so there is at least another example/angle to show Steph from within the same organization.

 

[ambchang]

The nba GMs racing themselves to the bottom again. At some teams have to understand that you just have to stop overpaying and let the stupid teams get into a bind. It only benefits you in the long run.

 

[Ariel]

I see what you're saying, but you've also got Manu and TP in the organization who took less to keep the team together, so there is at least another example/angle to show Steph from within the same organization.

Maybe, but I think he'll look more at recent extensions (Amen, Duren, Suggs, Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, Tari Eason, etc) including teammates (Vassell) than anything that happened 20+ years ago.

 

[DTW]

I think people are misinterpreting the word "potentially" in this instance. I take it to mean that's what Thompson will be eligible for, not what the Rockets are projected to give him.

They've played hardball in extension talks with all of their recent premium young talent, no reason to think they'll stop at a tricky fitting player who hasn't developed in either area (still a non shooter without lead creator skills) necessary to become a star.

My guess is this young crop of complementary star/elite role player types, like Duren and him, will fall into a similar class as the more veteran Irving, Harden, Ingram and probably Young and Davis will, which is around $40 million AAV.

 

[BatManu20]

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[KobesAchilles]

I think people are misinterpreting the word "potentially" in this instance. I take it to mean that's what Thompson will be eligible for, not what the Rockets are projected to give him.

They've played hardball in extension talks with all of their recent premium young talent, no reason to think they'll stop at a tricky fitting player who hasn't developed in either area (still a non shooter without lead creator skills) necessary to become a star.

My guess is this young crop of complementary star/elite role player types, like Duren and him, will fall into a similar class as the more veteran Irving, Harden, Ingram and probably Young and Davis will, which is around $40 million AAV.

I mean they overpaid for Jabari Smith when nobody was going to offer the dude $25 million a year. The Rockets will cave and max him out. And tbh it’s the right move. The team should hand the reins over to him

 

[Paramore]