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Contract value shouldn't factor in that heavily. More over Laine will likely make more then him next season anyhow but Maurice will probably still play him less then Wheeler.
Given how Maurice has treated our expensive dmen (Kuli in the pb) I doubt there is much pressure from management to play players based on contract value. I think Maurice plays Wheeler because that is what he wants to do.
I'm pretty sure it does.
If we pay Laine big $'s next season, he'll be playing big minutes and expected to perform. If he doesn't, they'll need to deal with it but expectations would be that $10M (?) players play a lot.
Kuli is an exception and it may have something to do with coming back from injury. Meanwhile, Buff plays big minutes and makes big $'s.