re: How Low Could Asik Go?

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corndeaux is really the only one that's felt $12-$13 was his market value

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I believe that was more towards the beginning of the season; could be as wrong though about the timing as I was about his price. I've come down throughout the length of the season. In this thread (I think) I said he's probably in the $8-$10M range at this point. I wouldn't be upset if they end up in the $10-$12 range either.

And it wouldn't shock me if a team overpaid for a big. It has happened almost every single year. Size comes at a premium. Asik and other bigs may get run off the floor in postseason matchups, but there are 82 other games first. Protecting Davis from November-April is quite valuable. And, as you've repaeated ad nauseam, there is not a particularly clear/easy way to get someone who can be as good as, if not better than, Asik on this team at the moment.

ETA: It's just sort of ridiculous, to me, for people to want to talk about getting better on defense and then be unwilling to pay for a very good defender. A guy whose play after the ASB helped propel the Pels into the playoffs. His offense sucks. It's a problem come playoff time. That just means they need to do more building up the roster to make adjustments in the spring.