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David Locke - 6:01 AM (edited) - Public
Last night I learned the Andrei Kirilenko's asking price on the market was a 4 year deal around 9 million per year. The Sacramento Kings according to people in the NBA have been floating around 8 million a year for Kirilenko.
The crazy thing that is going on is that players are expecting the last year on the contract knowing they might be bought out. For the Utah Jazz writing a 9 million plus check for non performance is not in the cards.
Considering the injuries, the amount of time AK has been playing pro ball it is hard to believe the Jazz are about to get anywhere close to the numbers being talked about. Honestly, no one may be hitting those numbers or he would be signed by now.
AK's time in Utah has been remember for the injuries. In the last few years, he was incapable of playing extended stretches of games before something in his body would break down. The magic number was usually around 20 to 25 games in a row.
However, what can't be lost is his value. When AK was healthy enough to play 20 minutes or more since 2007 the Jazz were 144-87 (62%), when he played but was only able to give under 20 minutes the Jazz were 15-15 (50%) and when he didn't play at all the Jazz were 35-32.
Overall, if AK played over 20 minutes to the Jazz won 62% of the time and when he didn't they won at just 51.5%.
It is undeniable on both ends of the spectrum his play correlated to winning as much as any player on the roster and we found out about that way too often.
Bottom line on AK, of the available nearly 20,000 minutes of a teams play in a season he has not been capable of playing more than 10%. He should be rewarded for his influence on the game, but his pay must represent what he is actually capable of delivering.
Since the market hasn't bit on his opening ask, his value maybe heading more to its appropriate realm.
For the Jazz, they found it hard to win without him when they he was surrounded by stars, his lose would make wins even tougher to come by with a developing team.
The crazy thing that is going on is that players are expecting the last year on the contract knowing they might be bought out. For the Utah Jazz writing a 9 million plus check for non performance is not in the cards.
Considering the injuries, the amount of time AK has been playing pro ball it is hard to believe the Jazz are about to get anywhere close to the numbers being talked about. Honestly, no one may be hitting those numbers or he would be signed by now.
AK's time in Utah has been remember for the injuries. In the last few years, he was incapable of playing extended stretches of games before something in his body would break down. The magic number was usually around 20 to 25 games in a row.
However, what can't be lost is his value. When AK was healthy enough to play 20 minutes or more since 2007 the Jazz were 144-87 (62%), when he played but was only able to give under 20 minutes the Jazz were 15-15 (50%) and when he didn't play at all the Jazz were 35-32.
Overall, if AK played over 20 minutes to the Jazz won 62% of the time and when he didn't they won at just 51.5%.
It is undeniable on both ends of the spectrum his play correlated to winning as much as any player on the roster and we found out about that way too often.
Bottom line on AK, of the available nearly 20,000 minutes of a teams play in a season he has not been capable of playing more than 10%. He should be rewarded for his influence on the game, but his pay must represent what he is actually capable of delivering.
Since the market hasn't bit on his opening ask, his value maybe heading more to its appropriate realm.
For the Jazz, they found it hard to win without him when they he was surrounded by stars, his lose would make wins even tougher to come by with a developing team.
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