re: Batum and . . . draft pick

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Why not? There are already 3 tiers within the max structure, 25% for young guys like Barnes, 30% for vets like Batum, and 35% for old men that care more about money than winning like Kobe.

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What you're describing is max money based on age. That's fine. Point still is, if you'r a max player, production wise, you make whatever you're max money is. If you're not a max player, you don't. Batum is not a max player.

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It'd kind of like how Middleton/Monroe/Harris weren't really worth the max, but with the escalating cap they all got near max money because in just a few years those "max" deals might end up being less than someone like Bazemore gets on the open market.

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I understand that, but even the next year, if the max is $32 million for him, he's still not worth $26, or anything near that. and Middleton is a much better player than Batum, making $15 million for the next 4 years.

Batum is $20 million at best, and to me, he's not that big of a game changer to spend that much on him.