NBA Free Agency: A Hardwood Paroxysm round table

3. Who’s getting overpaid this offseason?

Daniel (@minutemandan): Chandler Parsons is getting so paid. Dwight Howard has made a lot of money in his career, James Harden is going to make a ton of money, and they just helped Chandler Parsons make a ton of money. His new deal reminds me of Monta Ellis, who had success in Golden State. Ellis was underrated for a few years, then got a huge contract, became overrated, and now is flourishing on a reasonable contract with Dallas. Parsons is going to get paid like a max player, not live up to that expectation, and then be criticized for it. It’s not his fault someone was willing to give him so much money, keep cashing those checks Chandler!

David (@_Verts): Chandler Parsons. $15 million a year? I’ll admit I’m not overly high on Parsons but I fail to see the amount of upside that would warrant this massive a deal. He doesn’t have a whole lot of dimensions to his game and didn’t show much improvement from the 2012-13 season. His defense is a big minus and he wasn’t exactly the pinnacle of efficiency, finishing with a PER of just 15.9. If we’re chastising teams for signing Gordon Hayward to a similar deal, the team to offer Parsons $15 million per should be laughed at indefinitely.

Jordan (@JordanSWhite): Chandler Parsons was due for a massive raise. However, there are massive raises, and there are 3 year, $45 million with a player option for the third year massive raises. Parsons is a really good player, a jack of all trades who was the league’s best bargain contract since his rookie year. If Dallas’ offer was spread out over four years instead of three, I’d be fine with this deal. But a near-max deal for him seems like a bit much.

Derek (@DerekJamesNBA): Well, Jodie Meeks, but good for him. Get it while you can, I always say.

Sean (@highkin): Who’s still out there from the Lakers? Jodie Meeks already got paid with the Pistons, but someone else is bound to get the Laker bump. Xavier Henry? Ryan Kelly?

Scott (@crabdribbles): For the most part, I like the Channing Frye signing for the Orlando Magic. He’ll be a great mentor for the young players on the roster and he brings some much needed floor spacing, seeing as Elfrid Payton and Aaron Gordon shoot like there’s a lid on the rim and Victor Oladipo’s jumper is still a work-in-progress. Nevertheless, $32 million over four years is a little on the steep side for him.

Jared (@jadubin5): Collison already did. Gordon Hayward and Chandler Parsons’ offer sheets make them overpaid, but that’s just the market for young, emerging wing players in restricted free agency.

Evans: (@evansclinchy): I feel like Gordon Hayward would be the runaway winner of this title in most years – a salary just a touch under $16 million for a guy with a PER just a touch over 16 is pretty ridiculous. But this is 2014, and therefore: What the bloody hell are the Pistons doing with Jodie Meeks? The guy has made $5,316,584 in his first five seasons combined, which is exactly what he deserves, and now Stan Van Gundy wants to toss him $19 million for the next three? I guess he really, really wants shooting, but it doesn’t seem wise to overextend for a guy who had one fluky 40 percent season from 3 playing a lot of garbage time for a terrible Lakers team. I’m scratching my head on this one.