Okay I started praising Riley, just lavishing praise on him, then realized I hadn't read the quote fully and didn't see the dollar amounts and remembered Miami hadn't used their MLE yet .... 4 years at a starting salary of 4mil per. My goodness gracious.
I like James Jones but come on. He's an 8th man. He's the third guy of your bench. He's a solid defensive player but he isn't a standout, he's barely above average. He can shoot the life out of the ball but he does very little else. He isn't a player who can be a 6th man because he can't change the course of a game. You're paying an 8th man 4mil per season? Wow. Jones likely has to be your second best backup wing unless you have real top notch quality in the backcourt and interior, otherwise you'll have a bad bench.
My goodness
I like how Riley protected himself and the franchise with those final 3 conditional years. I don't see Jones getting through that deal, I'd be very surprised if he did.
What I was praising Riley for was finally adding a jump shooter after letting all those shooters walk after SVG left, and then more, and more left leaving Shaq and Wade in a horrible situation. I was happy Riley realized his mistake and was going about correcting it for the future. James Jones will be a nice player and help Beasley and Wade. Jones and Chalmers gives them two top notch shooters and a decent shooter in Marion. That's a good start. One more shooter and you're home.
Wow that's a big contract. 5 years starting at 4mil per. How does Posey not get the MLE if guys like Jones are getting this type of money?
Also, this really hurts Danny's position on Posey because it takes another potential replacement off the table.
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