What amazes me is that there is a player named T. Johnson on Miami who I’ve never heard of who makes as much money as Jimmy Butler.
He is Allen Crabbe 2.0. He was BRK's Plan B in the summer of 2016 As with Crabbe,
BRK offered Johnson a ridiculous contract in the hope that MIA wouldn't match. But, like POR, MIA matched rather than let a mediocre backup walk for nothing.
"Serious multiperson delegations from the Rockets, Kings and Nets had all come to downtown Chicago, where Johnson's agents are based, to meet the 24-year-old. The fact that he'd averaged only 7.4 points for Miami over 68 career games -- less than one full season -- deterred none of the general managers or coaches paying homage. "I kept feeling like someone was going to be like, 'Psych! Just kidding! None of this is real!' " Johnson says.
To pry him away from Miami, which had the right to match any contract, the Nets phoned Johnson's agents with a ballooning, back-loaded offer -- one that caused him to lie, facedown, on the carpet of their office.
And then flee, minutes later, for the safety of his hotel room across the street.
And then call his mother, Jennifer, back home in Mountain View, California, to cryptically exhale, "We did it." And then vomit -- not once but twice -- as the sheer thought of a four-year, $50 million contract caused Tyler's body to revolt against his brain."
"S---," Bosh said after hearing the news. "Fifty?"
The result of BRK's diabolical plan is two of the most overpaid players in NBA history. Allen Crabbe is making $18,500,000 this year (with a player option for another $18,500,00 next year) and Tyler Johnson is making $19,245,370 (with a player option for anther $19,245,370 next season). At least we were able to somewhat wiggle out of Crabbe's contract. MIA is still stuck with Tyler Johnson - for now.
At least Evan Turner didn't puke - twice - at learning how overpaid he was about to become.
BNM
