To be named in one of the three All-NBA Teams of the season is always a source of great pride for a player. But for some nominees, this selection among the elite represents much more than a nice line on the CV. It also unlocks a hell of a lot of dollars. We take stock.
In the NBA, salaries are most of the time completely guaranteed regardless of the player’s performance, and the amount of the max contracts obviously depends on the amount of the overall salary cap as well as the rules set by the collective agreement between the players and the owners. But the terms of a “max contract” vary depending on the individual rewards a player can land along the way. Example ? The case of Trae Young. As the specialist ofESPN on Bobby Marks salary issues, Ice Trae has just seen his maximum extension – signed last August and which must enter the accounts of the Hawks from next season – increase from 177 million dollars to 212 million thanks to his appointment in the All-NBA Third Team this season. 35 million greenbacks and more, it’s still not nothing. Other players are affected by this same type of increase, with the difference that they have not yet signed their next contract. It is Devin Booker et Karl-Anthony Towns, who have both just completed their seventh NBA campaign and who are thus eligible for an extension as of the next offseason (they have two years left on their contract, potentially free agents in 2024). Also according to Marks, Book and KAT will now be able to seek a five-year, $211 million supermax deal this summer. And something tells us that the two All-Stars of the 2015 Draft will win the jackpot with the Suns and the Wolves.
Trae Young has earned an additional $35.4M in his rookie scale contract for being named All-NBA. The Young $177M rookie extension will now increase to $212M.
The Hawks will take on an additional $6.1M cap hit in 2022/23 and are now $7.8M over the luxury tax.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) May 25, 2022
Devin Booker and Karl Anthony-Towns are eligible to sign a four-year $211M super max extension this offseason. Both players have 2 years left on their contract and the extension would begin in 2024/25.
The projected extension: $47.1M, $50.8M, $54.6M and $58.4M
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) May 25, 2022
While some will take advantage of their appointment to an All-NBA Team to land a bigger contract, others are necessarily on the sidelines. This is particularly the case of Zach LaVine. Good clearly, the star of the Bulls is not to be pitied. Big fish in the Free Agency market this summer, LaVine is eligible for a five-year, $212 million contract extension with the Bulls, which drops to $157 million if he decides to leave Chicago because the other franchises won’t. can’t offer him more than four years on his next contract. But if LaVine had landed a spot on one of the three All-NBA Teams this season, he could have landed in negotiations with the intention of landing no less than 250 million greenbacks. So it failed.
Another interesting case mentioned by Bobby Marks is that of And Morant. Interesting case because Ja managed to get himself a place in an All-NBA Team this year, but the amount of the extension to which he is eligible during the next offseason will not change: 186 million dollars, full stop. Why this ? Because to hope to obtain the same increase as a Trae Young for example, Morant will have to be elected in an All-NBA Team specifically in his fourth campaign in the League (like Ice Trae, while Ja has just come out of his third season only) , that is to say the first season after signing the contract extension and the last of his rookie deal. Logic level we will go back but it is the rule that is currently in place. To unlock the increase at the end of the third season, Morant would also have had to be named to an All-NBA Team after his sophomore campaign, as a certain Luka Doncic, selected in the best team of the year, was able to do. of his second and third season in the Big League.
Important aspect to keep in mind aside from all these contract extensions which will make the money flow, the NBA should soon sign a new Triple XL deal with its TV partners (the current deal expires after the 2024-25 season) , which will significantly increase the salary cap of the League and therefore reduce the impact of these large extensions on the payroll of the franchises concerned.
Source texte : Bobby Marks (ESPN)
Zach LaVine (with no All-NBA)
Chicago: 5 years $212.3M
Not with Chicago: 4 years $157.4M
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) May 25, 2022
He is eligible to sign a five-year $186M rookie max extension with Memphis this offseason. https://t.co/GzEvxXbdgP
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) May 25, 2022
