Second Fiddle: Joe Schmo

Most of these players are looking for a max contract offer. I say most because I doubt any team will offer Joe Johnson a max contract after he showed no signs of deserving the max in the playoffs. This could be good or bad for a team interested in Joe. On one hand, any team that is thinking about signing him will probably be able to get him for far less than they previously thought. But on the other hand, does that team trust his abilities once they reach the playoffs? In this instance I think that Joe will only benefit on a team that has another player better than or equal to his talent. This was made clear to me by the massive struggles that the Hawks had with a Bucks team that they should have destroyed on paper. The Hawks couldn't ask for better match-up issues. And then they set a record for the worst point differential in a 4 game series sweep against Orlando. To stop the Hawks, all the opponent had to do was stop Joe. Other than maybe Jamal Crawford, there isn't another player on that team who can carry them when Joe is the main focus on their opponents defense. Crawford can, at times anyway, carry the Hawks but he is too streaky to keep it up. Joe needs to be with another star equal to him so he doesn't get wrapped up. I can't say what team he will go to, but it needs to be the team that decides to sign 2 of these big names. If I had to guess, I'd say Joe goes to a team with Bosh or Amare in NY and makes just a little more than he does now, but not the max, if LeBron doesn't go to NY anyways.