Oh god people, JR is not cheap. We have have around a 73-75 million dollar payroll, which is good for about 10th in the league for highest payrolls, this coming from a team who constantly is in the bottom 10 for total attendence.
I'll just say this, our other options aren't exactly safe from injury(Perez and Miller) and won't put up much better numbers either. But they'll each make around 7-8 million per, compared to just 4(as much as 6).
Its says he can return by Saturday if the NBA recognizes the arbitrators power. Although Christmas already has enough storylines, I can't say I'm shocked.