Josh Smith: "I'm a Max player"

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He's not a max player, but in this day and age of the NBA it wont be hard for him to find a team that will give him a max contract.
 

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If there wasn't a benchmark, he wouldn't be asking for LeBron money. He'd be asking for the type of money that a max contract would give you anyway.



Three words:

supply and demand.

Here's the key question that always proves these athletes right:

If my team (or some other team in a less desirable market) were to give him a max deal, would you blame them?

Maybe or maybe not. He would likely be asking for money that comparable players are getting. If players truly got paid their worth there is really no telling what that number would be. All "max" contracts do is give players, agents, and front offices an excuse not to think and truly negotiate. Beyond that, the idea of "max" contracts just looks extra silly when you have nikkas who clearly aren't "max" players not only asking for them but getting them.

I completely agree with the last part. If a team is willing to pay it I can't be mad at him. :manny:
 

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This is why max deals are stupid

Josh smith is gonna get kevin durant money

There shouldnt be a cap on contracts
 

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You've got to be kidding me. If ATL gives him this contract then they haven't learned from the Joe Johnson fiasco at all. Dude is worth maybe 10 million a season but he needs to be more efficient. Make some more free throws and have some better shot selection..

With all that said ATL will still treadmill with him on the team.
 

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ATL will not give him a max deal
I can pretty much guarantee that

He hasn't even made an allstar team
that in itself should stop the talk
 

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Hawks give that man his money so my Knicks can play and witness his #fukkery in the East for the future to come :russ:

If he's not playing next to Dwight in Atlanta next season, we are washing our hands on him. No doubt about it. I don't even want him for the MLE man right talk. His only value is giving us a chance to land Dwight. He can't do that, he can't stay.
 
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