I consider Barnes a good signing by the Kings for what he brings to his team as a versatile wing scoring and ballhandling wing which was previously lacking on their roster.Isn't it a stretch to call Harrison Barnes Mavs max contract an asset? I thought Bob Myers/GSW not matching turned out to be the right move for them. Barnes underperformed during the deal, the Mavs were bad throughout and he finally got dealt in the last year of it for an expiring Zach Randolph/end of the bench fodder.
Otto Porter was OK for the few years on his deal but got dealt for Portis/Parker, both bench players.
Porter was a good signing by the Wizards for pretty much the same reason in that they were capped out and had no depth behind him. Then Wall went down and they looked to retool......and were able to easily move his contract for expirings.
Of course we hope he improves but I don’t see any reason why Jaylen won’t continue to take leaps as he has since he left Cal. I felt him improvement last year was greatly disguised by the ball being in Kyrie and Rozier’s hands. It could still be hidden some with Kemba dominating the ball but that is just noise when talking about individual improvement which Jaylen continues to display.Hopefully, Jaylen improves, has a big year and he gets a max. BUT, if he doesn't improve from last season, he isn't NOR his contract's asset value worth max money IMO.