Originally Posted by
Uncle Mxy
FWIW, Millsap's started for the past 3 seasons, and that's with a glut of other bigs that Utah tends to have. I suspect if you swapped Millsap for Monroe's situation that the rebounding would be comparable.
If we had been thinking of trading Monroe, I'd rather have paid Millsap $10 million/year for 2 years rather than $14 million for 3 years like Al Jefferson. That's what prompted my post.
I agree, Monroe is a better passer and a somewhat better player. It's just not by a lot. Monroe's value above and beyond Millsap's is largely as-yet-unactualized potential, the fact that he's a more natural PF. But he's not performed at a level significantly above Millsap thus far and he might never do so. He may have plateaued. If he has, he's not worth THE max, and I'm afraid that's what he'll command after the Josh Smith overpayment.
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