be money well spent considering the defensive payoff, and a natural cost of the desire to keep a terrific player around over the long term. Worth Considering, But Not Extending The void between Holiday's max-salary expectations and Philadelphia's more conservative estimates is problematic enough in its own right, but far more troubling is his lack of substantive development. The point guard has posted three straight solid seasons but failed to make the kind of statistical improvement necessary to merit a sizable extension. That's ultimately not too distressing. Holiday is still just 22, and he saw much of his playmaking responsibility siphoned off to Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner. That said, Holiday will need to find some way to build on his game (more aggressive scoring, even better long-range shooting, improved off-ball defense, etc.) if he's going to raid the Sixers' coffers. He's absolutely promising enough for Philadelphia to plan to build around him, but not demonstratively productive enough to warrant re-upping without first testing market value. Tyreke Evans, Sacramento Kings It's almost impossible to predict how Evans might be valued on the open market, if only because it's impossible to predict how he'll play. We've seen vastly different shades of Evans' game since he debuted with a much-ballyhooed 20-5-5 rookie season, all with no clear pattern for success. He's had issues running the point and clearly limits his team's capacity for efficient offense when controlling the ball. He's had good days playing on the wing and utterly disinterested ones, with