Deng is the premier defensive stopper at the SF position, look how he did against Durant the other night. Having Deng is no small matter when the league's top teams all feature offensively gifted SFs whether Lebron, Paul George or Durant. And for those dumping on his offense, he still looks great to me. He has a good jump shot, he is crafty around the basket and he is a good passer. He hasn't forced the offense as much since we've had Hawes. And since we've had Deng all we've done is won, whether the 6 game win streak or defeating OKC on the road. I'm not sure where the negativity on Deng is coming from.
You could compare Deng to Kendrick Perkins. Unloved, but when you get in a series against dwight howard, you are happy to have him. when we go up against Indiana, and Granger, and Turner get shut down all will know Deng's inpact on the game.
I no longer have ESPN Insider, but a few days ago Amin Elhassan wrote an article on what the 2014 free agents should get paid this year. He says Deng is worth 3 years/$22.5 million. Again, I have not read the actual article, so I am not sure if he is using PER or some other metric as the basis for determining "value," or "contribution to winning." Obviously, he does factor in age and injury history.
http://www.slcdunk.com/nba-free-agency/2014/2/27/5454292/nba-free-agency-2014-lebron-james-carmelo-anthony-chris-bosh-dirk-nowitzki
I no longer have ESPN Insider, but a few days ago Amin Elhassan wrote an article on what the 2014 free agents should get paid this year. He says Deng is worth 3 years/$22.5 million. Again, I have not read the actual article, so I am not sure if he is using PER or some other metric as the basis for determining "value," or "contribution to winning." Obviously, he does factor in age and injury history.
http://www.slcdunk.com/nba-free-agency/2014/2/27/5454292/nba-free-agency-2014-lebron-james-carmelo-anthony-chris-bosh-dirk-nowitzki
Yeah 22.5 for 3 years would be perfect. It shows respect tp deng but isn't a mass overpay
Let him walk for that. Miami can have him when Lebron leaves.That shows respect to Deng? You're kidding, right? Him and his agent were insulted by Chicago's 3 year 30 million dollar extension offer. Josh Smith just got 56 million over 4 years, Deng is easily going to get 12-14 million a year.
Not all that interested in bringing this guy back. Get me a better outside shooter at SF who plays decent defense.
If he signed on cheap, sure. But I'm not committing big money to this Luol Deng. He's only going to get worse from here. He's not a vocal leader, his game is off (whether that's due to injury or not doesn't matter...he's getting older and has plenty of injuries on his horizon), he's a very mediocre outside shooter...the pros (defense, professionalism, passing) don't outweigh the cons to me for what he wants to get paid.
It will be interesting to see what he gets. Some team could throw a lot of money his way. I hope it's not us. But sadly if we want him, we gotta over pay. What about if we give him a David west deal? Big money for two years or whatever