Remember that Randle vs Smart thread?

[kraidstar]

It's pretty clear who the NBA values more.  Randle makes 18 million a year, Smart makes about 12 million a year in salary.

From a market perspective this means Smart is worth about 2/3rds of what Randle is.

Offense is valued more than defense.  Average 20+ points in a contract season and some team is going to pay you very well.   Not that 12M per year is chump change.   

Also the Knicks are desperate idiots 

[liam]

It's pretty clear who the NBA values more.  Randle makes 18 million a year, Smart makes about 12 million a year in salary.

From a market perspective this means Smart is worth about 2/3rds of what Randle is.

Offense is valued more than defense.  Average 20+ points in a contract season and some team is going to pay you very well.   Not that 12M per year is chump change.   

Also the Knicks are desperate idiots 

The desperate idiot Knick factor must always be in play! 

[ETNCeltics]

To me, the more relevant measure of contracts is Smart's original team still has him. And almost always has him on the floor at crunch time.

Randle is already on his 3rd team, neither of his first 2 teams valued him enough to re-sign him even though they had a big man need, and he now winds up in the NBA's toilet bowl, the Knicks.

[RockinRyA]

Smart is in his own category of player. Never seen anything like him. Stats never tell his story.

Brad said that when the Celtics scrim, Smart would often get picked first because nobody wants to play against him.