Didn't Mike Conley sign a similar contract in 2016-ish?
Still, wow.
If by similar you mean the most lucrative in NBA history yes. His $153,000,000/5 year deal in 2016 was the biggest ever. (at the time obviously. I believe Harden or Steph passed him within the year)
Brown is a good player but man he is never going to live up to this.
To put his contract in perspective, EIGHT players have earned more than $300million in their careers (on court only). LBJ, KD, CP3, Steph, Harden, KG, Westbrook, Kobe.
The NBA has a big problem. The top 3-4 guys on a team are going to be making bucket loads of cash but many established vets with 5-10 years experience will be making 5% of JB is making. And these guys could be starters or 6th man. Going to be lots of unhappy players out there.300M+ for Jaylen Brown?
He is good player but this is absurd
Eww......
This is a player who has made two all star games in 7 years.
Is he even a top 15 player in the league?
The NBA has a big problem. The top 3-4 guys on a team are going to be making bucket loads of cash but many established vets with 5-10 years experience will be making 5% of JB is making. And these guys could be starters or 6th man. Going to be lots of unhappy players out there.
Yeah lucrative was what I meant, I remember reading in 2016 he had signed the richest contract in league history.
Hell, Desmond Bane got $200 million this off season and hes never made any sort of All-NBA team (other than all rookie).
I picked the wrong career
It’s because the world loves our sports and will pay to watch them .69M salary in 28/29. There’s going to be players making 100M a year by then. Pro sports in the US are… just crazy. And it’s not like the Saudis where the government is throwing around oil money for non-sports reasons; these salaries are capped and based on the revenue the leagues generate. No nation out there that loves (spending money on) sports like the Americans do. Incredible.
Especially with the way the nba has embraced urban communities and how the mlb has ran away from them over the last 30-40 years.I mean if you were an American kid who is interested in playing both basketball and baseball, why would you not pick basketball?
It’s still astonishing that we’re already 2 decades into the 21st century and not one NHL player has yet to make $20M in a season while other major pro athletes have been making that kind of money since the George Dubya era.NHL has 3 years, until current McDavid contract will end. If they want, that media would talk about NHL, they must push up the salary cap to the level, that max contract will be 20 mil / year.
Doesn't seem astonishing to me, when you look at what sports people are watching on TV:It’s still astonishing that we’re already 2 decades into the 21st century and not one NHL player has yet to make $20M in a season while other major pro athletes have been making that kind of money since the George Dubya era.
Doesn't seem astonishing to me, when you look at what sports people are watching on TV:
2022 ratings wrap: Another dominant year for NFL
Even if you scroll down and look at the list that excludes NFL games there is not a single NHL game there. The most watched hockey game was game 6 of the finals where 5.82 million people watched. More people watched St Peters vs Purdue in the Sweet 16.
Hockey is a niche sport here and I doubt that will change any time soon.
It’s still astonishing that we’re already 2 decades into the 21st century and not one NHL player has yet to make $20M in a season while other major pro athletes have been making that kind of money since the George Dubya era.