i would love to resign AB to 18-20 mil per season so he and Fultz and Smart and Rozier can be the rotation for the future.
Biggest concern about IT is the lenth of the contact. IT deserves 30 mil per season but 5 years? I don't think he will age very well. Iverson was still good scorer in Denver but he wasn't the killer he was in Philly. So i think IT has 2 more great years and after that he will be just a solid scoring PG but not a superstar
AB will get more than 18-20 million. Like a lot more.
Iverson took 0 care of his body and didnt plan for longevity. Iverson admitted to not lifting weights, and he played in a much more physical era. Thomas is much stronger than Iverson and is already obsessed with extending his career by any means necessary, he hired a sleep consultant in the same vein as Tom Brady. He could EASILY outlast Iverson.
A couple of things:
First, if I had to sleep in Tom Brady's situation, I'd be up all night, sleep consultant or no sleep consultant. It's good to be Tom Brady.
Second, I'd swap Brown for Smart as part of the guard rotation, rather than as a SF. In that case we are even more loaded at guard, but actually have some size.
Third, we really need to wait and see because we have supremely talented young players on rookie deals, and could have 3/4 of rotation guards on rookie deals in 18-19 in Fultz, Rozier, and Brown. I'm excited to see how that group looks after 82 games together. We will know better whether we need veteran scoring or veteran defense, and can go either way. Or decide to spend the money at another position.