Great post, thanks. one of your best.
I think your roster bonus argument crushes my signing bonus argument. 100 percent flattens it. Like a Quinton Nelson pancake! I don’t see a counter argument.
Many thanks.
I’d like to focus on one paragraph. The one about AR working out. You connect AR working out, which will take 2-4 more years to confirm with “the roster as it is now.” Thats a flaw. When we know about AR working out, whether it’s 26, or 27, that will be connected to the roster that he has THEN, not the roster he has NOW. See the disconnect? The roster should be better to support AR.
And I wouldn’t call guys like Luvu or Stone, both guys I like, as shiny toys. They’re solid players I think we’d all like. The Sony toys are the four big name plays you listed. Those guys are just too expensive.