This is more prevalent in soccer since talent is harder to gauge in sports such as soccer/football than basketball. But in soccer, a player which has been purchased for $100 million dollars will continue to get the starts over a young kind purchased for $500k, even if the young kid is player better. The problem is, once you start the $500k kid, you are telling the world that: “i made a massive and inexcusable mistake, fire me please.” The mistake was paying $100m for production which you could have had for $500k. This is such a massive mistake, that the individual who made the mistake really should be fired. Politicians never say they made a mistake, they always attempt to WEASEL out of it.

Again, it is kind of rare in basketball because talent is so much more obvious. Very rarely can a $500k player beat out a $100m player. And if they can, it is NEVER and i mean NEVER through free agency. Usually it is through the draft. I don’t remember the last time this type of error was made after the player had 10 years in the league.

So, in any event, no way in hell will they ever sit Rashard and play Anderson even if Anderson is the better player. If they COULD, they would first trade Rashard away. But now one would possibly take him with his contract, so they are stuck. Refusing to say that they made a mistake, they will play the $100m man until hell freezes over.