Apparently unaware that the salary cap will decline to $57.7MM next year and that the luxury tax will decline to $69.92MM and that the year after that the numbers are said to possibly decline by 10-15%, the Raptors signed Bargnani to a $50MM deal.
But hey, when you got a guy who is 56th in the league in Efficiency........oh wait, 56th in the CONFERENCE in Efficiency, and 72nd in the East in Eff48 (between Chris Wilcox and Joe Smith), how do you NOT open the pocketbook and pay him $50MM???
This is a guy who is only 7 feet tall and yet he managed to almost get as many rebounds per game (5.3, 56th best in the NBA) as Chris Paul (5.5, 50th in the NBA)!!!!!!! Clearly a future superstar.
His rebounds per 48 minutes number (8.1) while not QUITE as good as Linus Kleiza or Joey Graham, does stack up as the equal of Quentin Richardson and James Posey!!
Of course at the start of the year he will only be 24........so the same age as Al Jefferson (23 points, 11 rebounds, 2.5 steals+blocks) and a good solid 10 months younger than...........LeBron James (league MVP, something like 28/7/7). At 15/5/1.6, with an assist-to-turnover mark as bad as Al's, yeah, I see the logic here.
Toronto, good signing. I am sure that a guy who is allergic to the lane will become a big star rebounder and defender for you.....some day......OK he won't -- never mind.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
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