Re: A lot of money....

[Elgin W Booth <ewbooth@christa.unh.edu>]

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
>