It’s hard for me to wrap my head around giving up a high second round draft pick just so that we can pay him top dollar. I know all the arguments for it, and I get that an edge of that quality is unlikely to make it to free agency, but overpaying is still overpaying. And the draft capital and salary cap space we’re giving up, if used separately, would add more utility to a roster than spending both on one player. Which makes this an overpay.
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around giving up a high second round draft pick just so that we can pay him top dollar. I know all the arguments for it, and I get that an edge of that quality is unlikely to make it to free agency, but overpaying is still overpaying. And the draft capital and salary cap space we’re giving up, if used separately, would add more utility to a roster than spending both on one player. Which makes this an overpay.