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SF is just as important as every other position. But that is not the whole story:

On average, SF are more expensive than other positions for how effective they are. This is because SF's are hard to train (need to do lots out of position training) and because they need lots of skills.

On average, SFs are more effective per unit of salary than other positions. This is because they can utilize a lot of skills that don't cost them very much.

What this ends up meaning is that for poorer or newer teams, skimping a bit on the SF is usually smart since they cost more per unit of effectiveness. But once a team has built up some value in their roster and has good cash flow, spending cash on an SF is smart because it's a good way to improve your team without increasing salary too much.

In the OP's case, I think it is smart to have worse SF than other positions. But he is probably taking it too far with those salary ratios. Also as Manon alluded to if you are gonna skimp on the SF look for one with at least decent defense.

Not all postions in the sports world are equally important. In football, the Quarterback can make our break a team (See Cassel, Matt.) The Kansas City Chiefs have a young roster full of talent, but they can't win because Matt Cassel is awful. In baseball, while pitching is very important, I would have to argue that catcher is the most important position because they run the game. I never said SF was more important than any other position. I said they are underrated (obviously by you.) And yes Manon said look for a SF with good defense, but he also said that it was the weakest link in the chain. You have to have a balanced team in any sport to win a championship. That's all I was saying.