Quoting: PuzzledActuary
Legitimately one of the dumbest rebuttals I've ever heard.
This must be another etymological issue, where I'm assuming you mean "devastating" when you say "dumbest". Kind of like your definition of "fringe player" means "4th line player" right?
You make an excellent point, it's pretty devastating when a hypothetical 8 year deal for Abs would have been cheaper than the 14 years of $30M contracts and buyout he did get. Thanks for your kind feedback!
Quoting: PuzzledActuary
You're not watching if you think he's playing like a $6M player...
We agree here too, he's playing more like a $6.9M x 6yr player, aka 3rd year Willy Nylander, and will likely be paid as such.