Francisco Garcia

[Gabriel]

I barely looked at the numbers involved in Francisco Garcia's contract, and I have one question. Why the hell did we sign him for so much money? Does this reflect the tendency of bad teams to over-invest in anything even remotely close to "valuable"? (Thus, remaining bad for such and such number of years.)

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Huh? That seems to be only slightly more than the going rate for a five-year vet of his talent level. Are you of the opinion that all non-All-Star players should be making the league minimum, or something?

 

[Spike]

Well, we don't really have an albatross of a contract round these parts anymore, so I guess he's next up. Raja Bell's 5 million puts him 27th among shooting guards. Garcia's isn't bad, unless you think his 6.4 million team option in 2013 is going to be a problem.
300K bump each year? Isn't that like COLA money for the NBA?

He's a good glue guy to have. I'm actually pretty excited to see how he's matured once he gets his sea legs back. Now's not the time to bag on the dude.

 

[DesertFox]

It's borderline fair, about the price for marginal starter/#1 swingman off the bench.

But in the context of the cheaper available talent (Omri/Donte) and the existing overpaid vets (Nocinoi/Beno) who play the same positions, it looks a lot worse.

Missing half a year already puts him in catch-up mode in terms of earning his share.