How Brandon Miller and Hornets attempt to agree on the expansion of the newcomer, contracts signed in recent years Franz Wagner (five years, $224 million), And Anunoby (five years, $212.5 million), and Amin Thompson (five years, $208 million) with respective teams are among the potential comparisons discussed by Miller’s camp, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.
Siegel, who in his story makes predictions about whether some rookie expansion candidates will receive new contracts before the Oct. 19 deadline, believes Miller has a strong chance to land a deal worth more than $200 million overall and sees him as the best option of the rest. expansion eligible players sign within the next few weeks.
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Here are a few more notes and rumors related to players eligible to sign rookie or veteran extensions:
- Source one league who talked to Siegel said that when Thunder security guard Cason Wallace If he were to hit restricted free agency, there would be several teams willing to offer him $30 million a year or more. Siegel puts Wallace’s likely salary range under an extension somewhere between $25 million per year, which Dyson Daniels earns his second NBA contract and $31 million a year Ausar Thompson will play out his recently signed deal with Detroit.
- ESPN’s Ben Golliver, Zach Crum and Bobby Marks breaks down Karl-Anthony Towns‘ extension options with Nix and consider what a new deal could realistically look like. According to Marks, the best path for Towns could be a $61 million player option for 2027/28 and then negotiate an extension starting in 28/29 at a lower average annual value — Marks suggests a four-year, $180 million deal could make sense given that it could start at $40 million, allowing New York to hang onto outside the territory of the second site even after the new conclusion Jalen Brunson the contract enters into force.
- The study of whether Anthony Davis has a future in Washington after the upcoming season, David Aldridge and Josh Robbins of The Athletic recognize that the big man has been known to seek a max or near-max contract extension that Wizards are unlikely to be offered. However, as Aldridge and Robbins point out, given Davis’ age (33) and injury history, the agent Rich Pavel may find that there are no other teams willing to make such a commitment. If that’s the case, that would increase the chances that Davis and the Wizards could reach a compromise on a sub-max deal.