Aren't rookie contacts only guaranteed for the first 2 years? He will still get paid in college so maybe he misses out on maybe 10 million by staying in school one more year. He can always play an extra year in his 30s if he is hurting for money by then. https://hoopshype.com/player/victor-wembanyama/salary/
Blazers Edge writers are giving every Blazer player A's and B's for post season grades. .... lololol Portland is packed with more talent then anyone else in the NBA. The Blazers are on the verge of championship dynasty. Just ignore that final score thingy.
Look to the fringe playoff teams for Grant, Ant, Scoot, and Brogdon destinations. EDIT: My mistake. I meant MATISSE NOT Scoot. Maybe even Ayton as compared to Scoot. Thanks for noting it.
Yeah if there was a way to weight it by minutes that would be more interesting. Amazing OKC is 2nd youngest team and just got the #1 seed.... Not to mention their chest of picks. They could be a decade long contender.
Portland is at/near the very bottom of the NBA talent floor. When their starters go down, it's only the dregs of the league because backups with options usually choose situations where they can win. Hopefully someday not too far off this same dynamic is working in their favor. Management trying to build a talented young nucleus for the next era of the team is something I fully support. By endorsing this strategy, I'm willing to be patient as I'm near certain they'll need more talent then just their current young guys to develop. Portland should go BPA in the draft every year until they give the GM a reason to think they're on to something. STOMP
unless a #1 pick is a total bust, he'll get the full 4-year amount; and that's true for most lottery picks. Even in the first year, the gap will be enormous. NIL might cap-out at 1-1.5M (and may be lower as that is elite level NIL for football players). 1st year rookie scale for #1 will be around 12.5M...maybe even higher. That's an 11M differential 1t year for #3 pick will be over 10M; for #5 will be well over 8M. 10th pick will be around 5.5M so if you want to talk about the guaranteed 2 years; for the 1st pick it will approach 26M financially, for elite players, it makes no sense at all to come back for a 2nd college season. There is also the fact that as soon as an elite player signs his rookie deal, the 4-year clock for his 2nd contract starts ticking
