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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 3221217, member: 833"] The Horford contract seems more insane the more I think about it. Horford signed a 4 year, $109 million contract with the 76ers. For comparison, look at the 4 year, $52 million deal that Brook Lopez signed with the Bucks. Horford got Tier 1 star money even though he is on the downslope of his career. Look at last season's stats: Lopez: 12.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.2 apg, 2.2 bpg in 28.7 mpg. 36.5% from 3, 61.3% from 2, 84.1% from the line. Horford: 13.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.2 bpg in 29.0 mpg. 36.0% from 3, 60.4% from 2, 82.1% from the line. Horford rebounding stats are a little better than Lopez's, and he has much better assist numbers than Lopez, although Horford's stats are somewhat impacted by style differences between Bucks and Celtics. Lopez is a better shot blocker. When looking at contracts to 30+ year old NBA players, last season's stats don't tell the whole story. Lopez is not only 2 years younger, but has a lot less mileage than Horford. Lopez has played on bad teams most of his career, so he didn't log a lot of playoff minutes. Horford has been in the playoffs most of his career. Going into next season, Lopez has played a total of just over 23 thousand minutes in his career, while Horford has played over 30 thousand minutes. That is a lot of extra basketball on a 33 year old body. [/QUOTE]