Looking at Jeff Green 2.5mil Wilson Chandler 2.6mil Ennis 2 year 4.1mil this contact is looking horrible.
Seems odd to use those contracts as none of those guys are on Ariza’s level, even if we’re pretending Ariza’s 26 game Phoenix was the tell all for a long career it was still better than them. You should question why a guy who has averaged double figures just about every season of his career is only getting 2.5. I think the Kings are probably the only team Jeff Green hasn’t played for. He’s been consistently unreliable on both ends of the floor throughout his career outside of a boom game here and there. He doesn’t make anybody better. We’d be complaining about him half of every week.
Wilson Chandler has really struggled the last couple of seasons and I think is probably on his way out of the league.
Ennis is a rung below those guys.
Ariza is a floor spacer, defender, and don’t forget that he’s an excellent passer. He fits. The amount isn’t significantly higher than what Ariza would’ve eventually ended up agreeing to elsewhere(assuming he didn’t ring chase) and it’s very short term and non crippling anyway.
People still look at those figures like Ariza and Joseph got like it’s the max or how we would’ve looked at about 5-6 years ago. What Ariza signed to is basically the new mid level type figure and he’s still in that ballpark. If it’s more than what others offered, that’s the story of almost every signed contract In the NBA.
The mid level rotation player doesn’t come for 6-8 per anymore unless they’re doing favors or they are young with unproven upside like Hezonja or Stanley Johnson. They aren’t guaranteed rotation guys but they still make 3/4 of this supposedly obscene contract of a proven role player who still has plenty left in the tank for a 2 year partial guarantee contract.