Comments on: Varejao Breaking Bank for Cavs

By: cruzherr

cruzherr — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:14:49 +0000

I feel he is worth close to that for other teams..but like you said with Shaq and The One..you have to think money will be tight. I like your article though.

By: Dominic Perilli

Dominic Perilli — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:40:35 +0000

I am not disagreeing with you in the aspect of "is he good enough" because obviously he is a great player. However, my department entails seeing if giving him such a large contract is worth it for the Cavs. You have to remember, Varejao will be a little less than guys who have won championships and have been in All-Star games. I am no final judge so we can go back and forth as much as we'd like but in my mind, Varejao isn't worth that kind of money; especially when LJ and Shaq are now on the payroll.

By: cruzherr

cruzherr — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:01:09 +0000

I think Varejao, like many athletes does a lot of off the court work and dirty work that stat keepers can't measure quantatitively like ppg, or steals. However, 50 million..may be a little high I agree. He won't feel the raining effects of the recession.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:50:03 +0000

You picked numbers that don't favor Varejao. True, he's not as good as the three comps you selected. But his combo of rebounding and defense is a valuable commodity. If you examine his stat line per 48 minutes – which is always far more revealing than per game stats – and his advanced metrics, you'll see his value. And how many bigs can guard down low and on the perimeter like him?