poly1274":2bs64yrv said:
Ok so you think B J Finney or Joey Hunt will be better than what Britt did. Finney is so unproven and was never a starter that played the whole season. And Yes Britt is better than Hunt. It cost money to get good players, and Britt wasn't the best but he held his own.
Britt would have had an $11.4m cap hit this year, which would have been the
2nd highest overall among centers. You can't pay that much money to somebody who you say wasn't "the best" even if they are healthy, but Britt had a serious knee injury and is still recovering. He may be sitting the entire season out, or he could resign as a cheap backup somewhere. He could even resign here later in the year if he's completely healthy again and wants to play at a much lower figure.
BJ Finney on the other hand played as well as Britt did last season and has a much smaller ($3.5m) cap hit. Even if you really don't like him, it should be obvious that Finney's chances of performing up to a $3.5m contract are vastly better than Britt performing up to an $11.4m! contract coming off knee surgery.
Ethan Pocic should also be discussed here. He was one of the top centers in the draft, and we selected him while Britt was still deciding over the extension and our center position was uncertain. However, Britt signed the extension shortly afterwards and we've spent a couple of years plugging Pocic in as a guard with poor results. The main problem Pocic has had is leverage, as he has an ideal center frame (tall with long arms) but doesn't have the lower body mass and strength for guard. Britt himself had many of the same issues which were alleviated by moving to center, so ruling Pocic out at his natural position is crazy if you are also talking up Britt. Pocic is playing on just a $1.4m cap hit.
