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Andrew Nicholson is still getting paid by the Portland Trail Blazers (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by ashwinr136@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space
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Source: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nichoan01.html#all_contract

Andrew Nicholson is still on the payroll of the Portland Trail Blazers and will receive $2.844 million through this upcoming 2023-2024 season. He has been getting paid $2.844 million every year for the past 6 years by the Portland Trail Blazers. He last played in April 2017 for the Brooklyn Nets and put up 2/5/0 in his final NBA game

Pretty sweet deal for Mr. Nicholson. Who are some other retired/out-of-the-league players that are still on a team's payroll? I know John Wall will still be getting paid by the Houston Rockets this season

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[–] EdwEd1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

More of a win for the team than the player, I’m sure Andrew would rather have gotten the entirety contract 4 years ago and optimally use that to invest

[–] RspectMyAuthoritah@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

In his instance the team benefits more because Nicholson was out of the league after that but that player can also still sign with another team potentially making more over those years than if they weren't waived. If there was no stretch provision Nicholson likely wouldn't have been waived since the team wouldn't have gotten salary cap relief and the only benefit is from opening a roster spot, but keeping him allows them to use him as salary matching in a trade like Bkn did when they traded him to Por.

[–] DontBanMe_IWasJoking@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Suprised that KG is getting paid each year still. because i started following the league in 2014 or 2015 when he had retired

[–] Final-Luck-4222@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

What's surprising

[–] icecream_for_brunch@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Laughs in Bobby Bonilla

[–] thesnacks@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

A St. Bonaventure legend

[–] Mobile-Entertainer60@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He was waived via stretch provision. Had 3 years left on a 4 year deal, so it stretches to 7 years. Nothing particularly unusual here.