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Does Desmond Bane have one of the worst contracts in the league? 5 years, $210 Million (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by iWonder007@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I'll preface this by saying I like Desmond Bane and he is a good young player. But that max contract at this stage of his career is wild. He is nowhere near a max contract type guy. This would be akin to have given Buddy Hield a max contact after his 2018-2019 season. Obviously Bane is a bit better than that year's Hield, but production is not too far off.

2023 Bane: 21/5/4 on 48/40/83 splits

2019 Hield: 21/5/3 on 46/43/89 splits

Meanwhile Bane got a 5 year max 210 mil extension while Hield got a 4 year/90 mil contract

Any general thoughts on his contract? Am I being a bit too harsh?

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[–] Low-iq-haikou@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He’s a very god player. I wouldn’t call it one of the worst but I do think it is gonna be tough for Memphis to keep building when he’s making that type of money. It’s not a contract I’d want my team paying.

He and Ja are combining for $70m next year. Add JJJ and Smart and that’s over $110m. Is that a championship-level core? I don’t think so personally. As it stands they’ll be over the 2nd luxury tax threshold next year and I don’t think their roster is ready for that. They’ll have to make a lot of moves to cut costs.

[–] Good_NewsEveryone@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/memphis-grizzlies/cap/2024/

If I’m reading Spotrac right they’ll be slightly under and they have $14M club option on Kennard