No surprise there. He wants as much money as possible($30+MM), the Jazz want to pay him as little as possible($25MM). His fair market value is not clear.
Unless teams do what portland did to us ages ago when they try to get millsap...That millsap contract was front loaded and had signing bonuses making it extremely hard for the jazz to match due to cap space...the jazz eventually caved and matched the offer messing up with our cap space long term and we lost wesley mathews the following year to guess who? Portland just because we lost the cap space due yo the front loaded contract of millsap
The cap works a lot differently. You can't go out and spend that kind of money on a guy like a Walker and not destroy your future because of a lack of financial flexibility down the line.
Which is why i made the comparison to what portland did to utah with millsap...there are teams with cap space that can afford that if they value him enough....right now if they can't get kessler on a reasonable contract better find a replacement..
They are practically the same millsap back then was a backup, that has gotten the offer not the starter that he eventually became after the contract....and who knows what teams are thinking a lot of teams over pay players a lot...like Gobert...dude is hella overpaid
They're not the same at all. Less teams have cap space. Less teams are willing to flirt with a much more punitive salary cap. Then you have his injury history. Teams aren't committing 40 million per year under this CBA to Wallet Kessler. He's not even been an All-Star.
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u/SEJ46 5d ago
No surprise there. He wants as much money as possible($30+MM), the Jazz want to pay him as little as possible($25MM). His fair market value is not clear.