Re: A lot of money....

["Rodney A. Palmer" <rp321@pgstumail.pg.cc.md.us>]

I dont feel Jawan H belong in that group.  What do you think.
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Elgin W Booth wrote:

> James,
> 
> Great post.  This list illustrates Walker's true worth.  Just because
> Minnesota was foolish enough to pay Garnett 20-something million a year
> doesn't mean we should pay Walker that much.  I say we should shoot for
> between 10-15 million for Walker.  James makes a great point in that other
> teams won't have the money to sign him, either.  Except maybe Chicago if
> they lose Jordan and Pippen and decide Walker is worth signing. Let's not
> sell out the team's future to pay Walker.  We need to keep Mercer, too.
> He's jsut as important to our future as is Walker.
> 
> On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Meninno, James A. wrote:
> 
> > According to www.onhoops.com, here is a complete list of everyone in the
> > NBA making more than $10 million per year.
> > M Jordan - $33.1 mill
> > P Ewing - $20.5 mill
> > H Grant - $14.3 mill
> > Shaq -  $12.9 mill
> > D Robinson - $12.4 mill
> > J Howard -  $11.3 mill
> > A Mourning - $11.3 mill
> > H Olajuwon - $11.2 mill
> > G Payton -  $10.5 mill
> > Is there anyone, aside from Garnett, who will join the club next year?
> > I fail to see how this adds up to $20 million per for Antoine.  $15
> > million puts him 4th behind MJ, Garnett, and Ewing.  MJ retires and he's
> > 3rd.  How can he demand more than that?  Do any teams really have $15
> > million in cap space (other than if Chicago dumps their whole team)?
> > Without getting into Antoine's merits as a player, I think $20 million
> > is above market value.  So far only MJ ('nuff said), Ewing (thank you
> > for all those years of hard work) and Garnett (way, way, way more than
> > anyone else would have paid) have been given that much.
> > Jim
> > 
> 

- Ekim RAP.