Reggie Jackson agrees to an extension with the Detriot Pistons; $80M/5 years

[QUOTE=Fallen Angel]The MVP Candidate.

Do you not understand that the Pistons are making this move in light of the new CBA?

Grasp this.

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This is what was negotiated in the most recent CBA lockout in 2011. So barring another lockout and a change to occur in this graph, then a guy like Reggie Jackson in two years (when the salary cap jumps to $100M) could earn up to $20M from another team from a max contract, but because Detroit has his Bird Rights he would earn 7.5% more than that. So that's $21.5M Reggie Jackson could have had in the new CBA.

[B]So if you're squeamish about his contract right now, then I couldn't imagine how you'd feel if you saw what he could have earne[/B]d.

$21.5M vs. $16M

I'd take giving Reggie Jackson the $80M over 5 years now than giving him $107.5M over five years when the cap increases.[/QUOTE]
Not sqeamish at all, brah. If you think Reggie will live up to 16mil, more power to ya.

Still haven't answered my question though.....

Not entirely pleased, but not entirely surprised either. As someone pointed out, Knight, Dragic, Carroll; just what you got to come up with the keep someone around.

Plus, I don't think they wanted any 1 year tender drama after Monroe.

[QUOTE=Hey Yo]Not sqeamish at all, brah. If you think Reggie will live up to 16mil, more power to ya.

Still haven't answered my question though.....[/QUOTE]
1. If you don't understand anything about the NBA salary cap then just say it. New basketball fans tend to freakout about big contracts just because of the dollar amount, but don't understand that they are all getting paid a percentage of the salary cap a team has. Welcome to the NBA, where two decades ago Michael Jordan made $3M in a year, where one decade ago Shaquille O'Neal made $20M in a year, and where in two years Lebron James could make $35M in a year.

2. I did.

[QUOTE=JimmyMcAdocious]Well Knight got 5 for 70, so...[/QUOTE]


Knight is better

Pistons screwing up again, not surprised but damn they have the leveage and just gave him the money without much conflict.

Reggie Jackson's 5 year contract, converted to a 60M salary cap:
2016 12M -> 10.7M
2017 14M -> 9.4M
2018 16M -> 9M
2019 18M -> 10M
2020 20M -> 12M

:roll:

Presti and the Thunder stay winning.

Contender for the amnesty provision once the next one begins

[QUOTE] The Boston College product averaged 17.6 points, 9.2 assists and 4.7 rebounds in 27 games with the Pistons.

Jackson, 25, recorded two triple-doubles and had 23 points and 20 assists against Memphis on March 17.[/QUOTE]

Could be worse.

I'm a o k with it. We got our pg of the future with another pg of the future behind him. Good trade bait with another pg. SF and C of the future. The lights are bright in motown cause we be shining.

Did J Dumars get his job back? :biggums: :wtf:

What's Jenning's contract?

with the crazy contracts they are getting, I sure hope the players won't ever pull again a lockout

Sweet, we got rid of this cancer at the right time.

[QUOTE=TimmyDuncan]with the crazy contracts they are getting, I sure hope the players won't ever pull again a lockout[/QUOTE]


Player's strike... a lockout is something done by the owners.

Also contract is in line with what Knight got. I knew after Knight got 70 million, we were gonna have to shell out some cash for Jackson.

The cap is going up and we are gonna see more and more contracts like this or even worse the next couple seasons.

Reggie Jackson is an MLE player and a sixth man. At best. And he plays the NBA's most stacked position.

Remember when the Thunder lost a top 5 player because they weren't willing to shell out 15 mil a year for him? It's hilarious how big the NBA salary bubble has gotten in the last couple of years.

(I know Harden wasn't a top 5 player when he was in OKC but it was pretty obvious to anyone with eyes that he was going to be top 10 in his prime at least.)

I wonder what prime Mike James would get on the open market. Remember when he averaged 20/6?

At this point when I hear a guy got less than 60 mil I wonder what's wrong with him. What's JR Smith going to sign for?

MJ got over 6 on a mid-term deal in a tight cap era. You're a dumbass if you think JR will pull a contract anywhere near these deals; obviously a completely different scenario.

[QUOTE=Fallen Angel]Breaking News: New TV Deal projected to increase future salary caps by tens of millions of dollars.[/QUOTE]

idc how high the salary cap is being raised, Reggie Jackson is MAD overpaid. No way he will live up to this contract.

[QUOTE=Bosnian Sajo]idc how high the salary cap is being raised, Reggie Jackson is MAD overpaid. No way he will live up to this contract.[/QUOTE]

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