How do you quantify how much some players are worth though? Guys like Shane Battier who do much more than their #'s suggest would be shafted. And what if the reason for a dropoff is not the players fault? What if a guy gets injured or has to take a reduced role? What if the team wants the player to tone down his shooting and concentrate more on defense and rebounding, causing his numbers to plummet? Or hell, what about cheap owners benching players or reducing their minutes or playing them out of position to artificially deflate their numbers so they can use that as an argument to pay them less? Long contracts are the problem, not guaranteed contracts.
