Joe House on how much the Wizards should pay in a Trae Young Extension
Joe House on how much the Wizards should pay in a Trae Young Extension
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Joe House on how much the Wizards should pay in a Trae Young Extension
Joe House on how much the Wizards should pay in a Trae Young Extension
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LOL 50 makes it even harder to move him, not easier. He’s already proven he’s not worth 46 or 48. The teams that might “need” him (if any) won’t be able to afford him. Not sure about this idea that you need to build a reputation by wildly overpaying a guy. You get a reputation for being an idiot.
But a gambler loves for other people to gamble.
Important to remember Joe House is just a dude. I put the same stock in his takes as I do in posts on this sub.
I think he’s gonna get something along the lines of 3/90 ish.
Love House but that’s not happening
They’d let him walk before they game him $50M AAV
There is not gonna be a bidding war for his services
$50 million a year so we don’t disrespect Trae and look good to everyone?
Sounds just like what happened with the Beal max. Really don’t see this front office being that stupid.
One of the main reasons Trae is here is because nobody else including the Hawks thought he was worth fifty million a year and we had the cap space to eat that for one year.
If hes willing to opt out and take like 3yr 120m on a declining salary ok sure but 50m extension crazy this offseason.
Years are more important than dollars.
2/100 isn’t going to freak me out.
If Winger et al pay Trae more than his actual market value, I will lose all respect for them. Trae just got traded for an old guy and a role player. He is not bargaining from a position of strength, at all.
We don’t need him in the long run. Indeed, having him in our starting lineup probably puts a ceiling on what the team can achieve: Perhaps a deep playoff run, but not a championship.
Trae on a moderate contract could be a nice asset, either on the court or in a trade. Trae on a max contract will be just another Beal.
Would be shocked if we give him close to 50. The cap hit may not be as bad in future years as the cap rises, but he’ll also be two years older and quickness doesn’t age well.
Everyone needs to remember that House is an entertaining guy but he has no expertise in the NBA, let alone the salary cap.
He’s majorly missing the mark here by focusing on annual compensation and not number of years. We can’t hamstring ourselves by tying up our books 3+ years into the future, but a big number next year and the year after is fine.
We are cost controlled through the 2027-2028 season. In 2028-2029, extensions for some combo of Sarr, George, Carrington, Champagnie, and AJ Johnson will kick in. The year after that, Tre Johnson and Will Riley would have theirs kick in.
The team has been very intentional in cleaning up our books, they’re not gonna give Young a big, unTraedable salary but 28-29. Don’t focus just on the number, focus on the years.
Who are we bidding against exactly?
He will be 28 next season and already showing signs of physical decline. Plus small guards who can’t play defense historically age poorly.
Every single advanced metric shows Trae peaking around 2021 to 2022 seasons. And then starting a gradual decline where each of the last 3 seasons, he’s a bit worse than the year before.
The Hawks didn’t think Trae was worth more than some expiring $ now. But we should value a likely worse version of that player at $50m?
This is a brain dead take. We don’t want to be paying 1/3 of our salary cap to a past his prime Trae when Sarr and George’s extensions kick in.
I usually like House’s takes on the Wizards but, he’s off the mark with this one
I would guess he gets closer to what Fred Van Vleet got (3 years 120 million with a club option) and that’s only if he declines his PO this year.
However much he gets he’s probably expires before ’28-29 when Sarr’s extension will kick in. Until then the only guy the Wizards have to pay is Bilal, who is unlikely to make a significant amount of money unless he declines an extension this offseason and takes a leap. Wizards can afford to overpay him and some other guys this offseason in the mean time.
House must have gotten his GM degree from Tommy Sheppard University
50M a year is wild. I like Trae, but that kind of money should be for guys who can carry a team deep in the playoffs, not just put up numbers.
Imagine being concerned about “disrespecting Trae Young” by NOT offering him 50 million a year.
There was so much talk after the wall/beal disaster about upgrading the “culture” around the team. While there was some progress trading for Trae Young, intentionally not playing him to improve the tank, AND going into negotiations with him worried about disrespecting him by not overpaying is straight out of the Susan O’Malley lez boullez book of losing culture.
This team is going to be right back where we started in a season. Ridiculous.
Trae not 60 million a year player but he isn’t a 40 million player either. Give him 46-52 million a year for 3 years and Call it a day. Thats realistic.
35-40 would be fine but 50 for a guy no one else wants is high even assuming caps increase
Have him decline next year’s guarentee and offer him sign a 5 year deal,
Year 1 – 48
Year 2 – 44
Year 3 – 40
Year 4 – 36
Year 5 – 32.
That would avg 40 over his prime, but you may have to offer a 15-25% player option trade kicker for the last 3 years that way he will have a little more say so in a trade as he could waive it for a contender he could resign with.
They could also offfer 2 mil more per year to the numbers above, then his avg would be 42 mil and he can say he was a 50/mil player, even if it was just fora year. EITHER WAY the contract should be super tradable when our 2023-2027 draft picks are mature enough players to know who they need around them to be a contender or at least be eastern conference championship competitive.
If we give Trae young 50m a year for more than 1-2 years I am done with this franchise forever.