Signing(s): Jaylen Brown signs richest deal in NBA history

[Marc the Habs Fan]

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[Blackhawkswincup]

300M+ for Jaylen Brown?

He is good player but this is absurd

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Outrageous. Especially after that playoffs choke.

 

[thefutures]

With a trade kicker. Good for JB

 

[HisIceness]

Didn't Mike Conley sign a similar contract in 2016-ish?

Still, wow.

 

[Voight]

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.

 

[HisIceness]

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.

Yeah lucrative was what I meant, I remember reading in 2016 he had signed the richest contract in league history.

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

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.

 

[DueDiligence]

300M+ for Jaylen Brown?

He is good player but this is absurd

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.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Eww......

This is a player who has made two all star games in 7 years.

Is he even a top 25 player in the league?

 

[Voight]

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?

Probably not.

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.

I've already seen clips of some players complaining that even gift now theres guys who are worth the MLE but are signing for the vet minimum because teams dont have cap space after dolling out this kind of money.

 

[Voight]

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).

 

[Halladay]

Lot of money for a player who can't dribble.

 

[HisIceness]

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

 

[DangleCity]

Boston had to do this. A lot of money but couldn't let him walk.


Everyone's contract will keep getting topped year after year

 

[Voight]

I picked the wrong career

If only we had the makings of a varsity athlete

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

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.

It’s because the world loves our sports and will pay to watch them .

The nba has the best tv deal around and they share the revenue with the players. I’m glad the league is willing to put more of that profit in the entertainers pockets.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

I mean if you were an American kid who is interested in playing both basketball and baseball, why would you not pick basketball?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I mean if you were an American kid who is interested in playing both basketball and baseball, why would you not pick basketball?

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.

Then you look at money and it’s not even close.

 

[alko]

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.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

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.

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.

 

[Jack Straw]

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.

 

[alko]

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.

Thats crazy. But where is NBA and MLB?

 

[Stylizer1]

 

[Voight]

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.

They're also the only league to lose games to lockouts three times in the last 30 years. Hard to grow your game when you do things like that, including an entire lost season.