Yesterday I took a look at what it might take to re-sign Omer Asik and how that compares to other centers in the league. Asik's cap hit projects to be outside of the top 20 highest paid centers in the NBA as early as the summer of 2016. Considering his value to the Pelicans I believe that to be not just a fair price, but a bargain. This is before diving into the value of continuity for a franchise which sorely lacks it.
The other part of this equation is cap space in 2016.