James Worthy was never much of a jumpshooter, nor could he create his own shot, he scored because of good team play.
Hmmm, if Worthy is a hall of famer is not for playing with great guys or in a good team. If he scored was much more for his own knowledge of how to kill the defense. Nobody becomes a hall of famer for playing in the same team of Jordan or Magic. Ooops. James Worthy had a much better jumpshooter than most of the guys I see playing today. He did create his own shot.
If the videos don't show how he played the game it's cause in some point might be boring. Remember nobody prefers to watch Peja over TMac.
So now teams are paying third options $100 Million?
The case is not that you're a 3rd option cause at the moment the first 4 options of the Mavs would be 1st-2nd option in any other teams. So saying that a 3rd option of the Mavs doesn't deserve to be paid like that is saying a 1st-2nd option of other teams don't deserve to get any amount close to that.
Also, if your 3rd option produces like a first option of any other team, then why wouldn't you? I understand the money sounds like it's too much but you are not crying about paying others who do less than him, let's say Vin Baker who gets 86 M in 7 yrs. 14 Million less but he doesn't do even 1/4 of what Finley does. Grant Hill who gets 92 M in 7 yrs. and doesn't even play. Jalen Rose is a Bulls first option, he does avg. just 3 ppg more than Finley who is a 3rd option and gets 93 M in 7 yrs. So you are looking at things the wrong way as those don't even get close to what Finley does as a 3rd option and you are asking if he's something special.
However I would easily use logic for you to prove Finley is even better than Paul Pierce. Pierce is the 1st option of his team and just avg. 5 or 6 ppg more than Finley. I put Finley there & take out Pierce & Finley would
easily avg. 29 ppg.
Michael Finley does little on the court, you watch him you will see.
I've watched him playing plenty of times, everyone's eyes is focused on Nash & Nowitzki, and he always finishes with 20 ppg. However, I've watched Paul Pierce playing, all the eyes are on him & he finishes with 24 or 25 ppg. I consider Finley does more since nobody is expecting that much from him.
Let's see if you expect Payton or Karl Malone to avg. 19 ppg for the Lakers, now that they are playing for a team as a 3rd option. Do you think they will? NO. So Finley is special.
Van Exel gets the same points, plays the point and gets many assists. He made clutch after clutch basket in the playoffs, one of the main reasons Dallas advanced.
Van Exel is an original Lakers and I like his game but saying he's twice better than Finley is still too much. You still don't understand the case. You put Van Exel on a team to become the 1st option, Van Exel will get as much as 22 ppg. Finley gets to a team as a 1st option and he will avg. 29 ppg easily. That's the same thing that happened with Stackhouse playing for teams as a 2nd option he avgd 22 ppg, whenever he got the chance to become a 1st option, he avg. 29 ppg. I do know when a guy like him averages that much in a team with 2-3 more superstars, there's something good in him.
The day Michael Finley becomes a serious player let me know, so far tons of money and respect, hardly the production to back it.
He produces more than Paul Pierce, he triples the production.
Good teammates are not an excuse for not passing the ball and playing defense.
Now, who's that? it sounds like Paul Pierce, lol. Finley plays better Def. than Paul & if Finley doesn't get assists is cause at the moment he gets the ball is to shoot it not to pass it.
i think if Finley was on a team with no other scoring options he could definatly become the next T-MAC

If Tracy McGrady were playing with Dallas with Nash and Nowitzki, McGrady would take the number one option from them standing on his head.
You meant at this moment right?, still, I don't think T-Mac would be the option number 1 over Nowitzki if playing in Dallas as TMac needs the ball in his hands just like Kobe to produce and at this time the ball would be much more in Nash hands. Also, Nowitzki is already there and whoever who comes to his team is 2nd not 1st.
But like I said, he's a great second/third player in a Big Three.
He does more than any of those who are 1st option in their respective teams.