The question isn't whether we can afford it - of course we can. However, throwing out contracts that pay a player 40-50% more than the next highest in the league is bad business regardless of if you have the money. It's not going to take 'just an overpay', it's going to take an overpay so big that the team that spent years drafting, developing, and investing in him (and also has the most cap room in the league) would say nevermind that's way too much.

 

Is that really the prudent thing to do? It's a very tough question. 

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