Hard not to feel bad for IT. He is kind of right back to where he was a few years ago, viewed as a good bench player, but now with a serious injury/condition. He will have to work his way back up just like he did while with Boston. He started as a bench player and ended up the team star. Let's see if he can do it again.
Denver may be a good spot for him. They are paying luxury tax on his salary so good for them. I really have no idea what IT we are going to see but I suspect it is not going to be the 2016-17 version. His career earnings with this contract will be about $32M. Really not that bad but at 29 years old, he has really missed out on some money. Not sure it is anyone's fault, his hip is the problem. In some ways, maybe he should be thankful that his hip held out as long as it did.
Aren't they out of the tax entirely now as a result of the Nets trade?
But yeah I like Denver a lot. They needed a back-up PG and scoring on their bench, so this could actually be a great get for both IT and the team.
PG - Murray, IT
SG - Harris, Barton, Beasley
SF - Porter, Craig, Vanderbilt
PF - Millsap, Lyles, Hernangomez, Lydon
C - Jokic, Plumlee
A little weak at SF, but a pretty nice 2 deep rotation at every other position. that said, I'm not even sure this is a playoff team in the West, which just shows how deep the West actually is.
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