That is the only defense anyone has ever offered. If you own a player of the caliber of say Allen Iverson you're sure as hell not gonna offer him less than a max and let someone else scoop him. However you're gonna be on the hook for ridiculous salary on the back end of his deal.dennocj wrote:If a GM offers a player a ridiculous contract or one that balloons then it's their fault that they aren't able to trade them.dave wrote:I'm still a firm believer in my fiscal plan of creating a max contract cap to avoid vets having ballooning salaries making them virtually untradable.
There should still be a distinct advantage for teams who have birds but either limit amount or years you can max players over the age of 30.
Player declines, team declines, and no one in the league can even match up contracts to trade for them. I don't fault the GM for retaining their asset but it's a system failure. The only reason why someone offers the max is to retain or steal a player. So if we set a limit on that max the intent would be the same but it would allow for more liquidation and healthy player movement.