OT: The Brow becomes richest player in NBA at 5 years/145 mill

Submitted by BornSinner on July 1st, 2015 at 1:38 AM

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13178518/2015-nba-free-agency-new-orl…

Well damn. These numbers are going to be insane over the next 2 years when the NBA gets a new TV deal...

Each team will have a salary cap around 90-100 mill in 2-3 years I believe?

I wonder if the cap increase will encourage parity amongst small and big markets or super teams in solely big markets...

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RobM_24

July 1st, 2015 at 1:44 AM ^

NBA is basically reality TV these days. I loved the NBA in my younger days (Bird/Magic/Jordan years), but it's getting ridiculous these days. Free agency and player movement makes it hard to like teams unless you're geographically tied to a team. You basically have to root for individual players and follow them from team to team.

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BornSinner

July 1st, 2015 at 2:31 AM ^

I used to think like that (I hate it when big Euro soccer clubs win over and over again) until I realized that the outcomes aren't that different with a salary cap in America either. The same teams will always win the championships with a few exceptions here n there.

The argument based on parity is not a strong one imo.

So... in that case...

I'm all for player autonomy in sports. Teams screw players over all the time. It's about time American sports catch up to Euro soccer when it comes to player power vs club power.

You either root for players or pick a team and be dedicated to it regardless of the players playing for it. Better hope your team's owner wants a championship team year in and out rather than sitting back and not caring.

They might wanna start selling more blank team jerseys in America like they do for soccer haha.

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BlueCube

July 1st, 2015 at 8:32 AM ^

days in professional sports. I guess you might find some examples in football with the injuries but I'll happily bend over daily for my screwing for half of the $145 million. It's ridiculous to even mention getting screwed when you are talking this type of money.

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4roses

July 1st, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^

$145 million over 5 yrs is not getting screwed.

How about $100 million over 5? $75 million ? $25 million? I am guesiing that all of those amounts probably fall into your "happily bend over" category.

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El Jeffe

July 1st, 2015 at 9:03 AM ^

You basically have to root for individual players and follow them from team to team.

I respectfully disagree on about nine different levels, but would simply note here that this is an odd comment to make after a story where a player re-signed with his same team. Like, the opposite of what you are objecting to.

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WorldwideTJRob

July 1st, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^

They moved back then too. Players like Bob Mcadoo, Bob Lanier, Moses Malone, and Adrian Dantley were all good players who played on multiple teams in the prime of their careers.

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MGoRob

July 1st, 2015 at 1:56 AM ^

I know you're trying to be funny, but making fun of someone's appearance is not cool in my books. Grow up

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BornSinner

July 1st, 2015 at 1:59 AM ^

I'm not making fun of him... It's actually his nickname...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/26/anthony-davis-files-trademarks-for…

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MGoRob

July 1st, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^

Ha. Serves me right for thinking the NBA is garbage and paying attention to any of it (including nicknames). Angry diatribe retracted.

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MGoRob

July 1st, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^

Not* paying attention. Sorry can't edit on phone.

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Kenny Loggins

July 1st, 2015 at 1:59 AM ^

it's his trademarked nick name; relax, buddy.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ffje45eem/anthony-davis-fear-the-brow-ra…

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TheCool

July 1st, 2015 at 2:30 AM ^

Knowledge first, judge+high horse later.

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Artie

July 1st, 2015 at 3:01 AM ^

He makes fun of himself. Relax, fella.

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BigBlue02

July 1st, 2015 at 3:03 AM ^

Even if it weren't his nickname, it isn't like it is a horrible deformity. All he needs is a razor or some tweezers for people not to make fun of it. That would be like saying you are morally against making fun of someone because they have a mullet. If you'll come down off that high horse you're on, I'll tell you how fucking ridiculous that is

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cbuswolverine

July 1st, 2015 at 3:23 AM ^

Oops.

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East German Judge

July 1st, 2015 at 8:15 AM ^

Don't be a Homer....

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marti221

July 1st, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^

I bet that didn't go over quite how you thought.

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Kenny Loggins

July 1st, 2015 at 2:01 AM ^

these guys are quietly catching up to baseball players. hope drummond isn't expecting this kind of deal...

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Huss

July 1st, 2015 at 2:49 AM ^

Anthony Davis is trending towards becoming the most dominant big man in NBA history, and we will be blessed if 'Dre tops out as a Dwight Howard doppleganger.

So we probably won't have to worry about Drummond making $30 million a year anytime soon, unless he makes some shrewd moves in the stock market. He's a smart kid - I wouldn't put that past him.

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BornSinner

July 1st, 2015 at 2:54 AM ^

I think you'll be surprised... we got mediocre players like Afflalo making 30-40 mill on 3 year deals out here... lol...

Not to mention people tossing out max or pseudo max contracts left and right to players like Bledsoe and Gordon (last year) or Butler and Brook Lopez (this year)....

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Blue_sophie

July 1st, 2015 at 2:08 AM ^

A no brainer move for the Pelicans. And I am happy for Davis; I think things are looking up for his career (beyond the $tack$) with Gentry now at the helm. This could mean that New Orleans becomes a FA destination once the Pelis get their cap straightened out after next year. Its not the biggest market (whatever that even means these days) but NOLA is cool as hell, so why not live there for the winter months?

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MaximusBlue

July 1st, 2015 at 2:52 AM ^

He's next up.

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Haywood Jablomy

July 1st, 2015 at 6:48 AM ^

isn't even watchable

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WorldwideTJRob

July 1st, 2015 at 9:34 AM ^

The TV ratings will disagree with that notion

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Jack Harbaugh

July 1st, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^

Regular season tv numbers are down except for Saturday/Sunday games. Playoffs are up. It's a weird parity.

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marti221

July 1st, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^

It's because playoffs are actually still very entertaining to watch, IMO. Te regular season on the other hand, is cringeworthy.

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LSAClassOf2000

July 1st, 2015 at 6:56 AM ^

I think the salary cap for this past season was something like $63.065 million and they are projecting $67.1 or something in that rang for the coming season, which would be higher than the figure I heard even last month.

Assuming a constant rate of growth based on the projected jump of around 6% (which doesn't really characterize the cap calculation, but we'll assume for a second), you probably could easily be in the $90 million range in five years. I bet it ends up a bit short of that, but I could be wrong.

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zachjand

July 1st, 2015 at 7:00 AM ^

It is supposed to reach 90 next year and 108 million or so in 2 years because the new tv deal kicks in next year

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LSAClassOf2000

July 1st, 2015 at 8:23 AM ^

Totally forgot about the TV deal, so yeah, the revised projection per ESPN was indeed as follows:

$67.1 million in 2015-16

$89 million in 2016-17

$108 million in 2017-18

It looks as if the bulk of the TV bump comes up front (they even discussed lump sums to free agents, I think) and then the cap will fall a bit in subsequent years, at least it looks that way now.

Good catch.

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samdrussBLUE

July 1st, 2015 at 7:49 AM ^

Not worth it

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State Street

July 1st, 2015 at 8:34 AM ^

So the NFL salary cap is gonna be about 50% more but the rosters are like 5 times as big. Pretty big collective bargaining fail.

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spiff

July 1st, 2015 at 8:48 AM ^

It is less about roster size, number of games, etc. than it is about splitting the revenue between players and owners. I'd guess the split is about the same in both sports. So lower level NBA players benefit from smaller rosters relative to low level NFL guys.

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coldnjl

July 1st, 2015 at 9:17 AM ^

I think the NBA should do away with the salary cap and offer the players as much as they want...the caveat: guaranteed contracts. No more sign and sit deals.

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ChiCityWolverine

July 1st, 2015 at 9:22 AM ^

It's actually refreshing to see one of top 5 guys properly valued during his prime. The problem with NBA contracts historically is that stars tend to be underpaid until they get off their rookie extensions at age 27-30 and sign a long term max deal they're rarely worth by the end.

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Blerg

July 1st, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^

Dude's a monster. Fun to watch.

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WWTSD

July 1st, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^

I'm pretty sure if an all player draft were held with the goal being long term success, not 1 year to win, Davis would be the run away 1st choice for every team.

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Ricky from Sunnyvale

July 1st, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^

and only going to get better

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Mr. Yost

July 1st, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^

Well deserved...he's the one of the 5 best players in the league and the brightest young star in the league.

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July 1st, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^

This is gonna look like an absolute steal in 3 years. He would have earned a lot more by signing a 1 or 2-year deal and taking the much higher salary cap soon. Having him leave money on the table like that will help the Pelicans immensely in a few years.

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