NBA players are holding enviably high salaries, Brown became the first in the league last summer to have a total salary of more than 300 million dollars, and his record will not last long, 367 million in 5 years, Doncic set another salary record, Doncic is the scoring champion this season and a favorable contender for the regular season MVP, he is eligible for the highest salary, Jokic lacked calculation when he signed, he took at least tens of millions less.
With 367 million in five years, Doncic is expected to make history
Doncic is a rookie in 2018, and in 2021, because he met the conditions of Rose's clause, he signed a five-year, 215 million contract, and Doncic's salary from the 22-23 season was 37.1 million, 40.06 million, 43.03 million, 46 million, and 48.97 million.
Doncic has a player option for the final year of his contract, and he is a super player who will naturally choose to make more money, so in the summer of '26 Doncic will definitely jump out of his contract.
So in the summer of '25, Doncic had the power to re-sign with the Mavericks, and the Mavericks could give him a maximum contract. Doncic's five-year, $367 million contract will run starting in the '26-27 season.
2017 rookie Tatum will encounter the same situation as Doncic this summer, he can sign a five-year 334 million contract extension with the Celtics, and the Celtics are willing to give him this contract.
But Tatum's contract is not the maximum amount he can get, players like Tatum and Doncic sign with the team are all maximum salaries, but there are still differences in the amount because of the different terms met.
Although Tatum has been selected to the All-NBA team for the past two years, he was not selected for the All-NBA team in the 20-21 season, he is not eligible to be selected for the All-NBA team for 4 consecutive years, and the 5-year 334 million he received is not the highest maximum salary in the strict sense.
Doncic is different, he has been selected to the All-NBA team for three consecutive years, if Doncic is selected to the All-NBA team again this season, he is eligible for the All-NBA team for four consecutive years to get the maximum salary extension, he can sign a five-year, 367 million contract with the Mavericks in the summer of 2025, and Doncic's new contract will be executed in the 26-27 season.
If Doncic can get 367 million in five years, he will make NBA history, and his record will not be surpassed in two or three years.
Jokic isn't as good as a small card
Players have lost a lot of money due to lack of heart and eye on contract renewals, but there are also shrewd players who maximize their interests.
In the summer of 2019, Xiaoka signed a three-year, 103 million contract with a player option with the Clippers, and it stands to reason that Xiaoka can sign a maximum salary with the Clippers for 5 years.
In 2021, he jumped out of the contract and re-signed a four-year $176.3 million contract with the Clippers, and before that, the Clippers signed a three-year $153 million contract extension with the Clippers.
Xiaoka signed a short-term contract to maximize his interests, but some players didn't calculate this account, and Jokic took a lot less money in the summer of 2022 to renew his contract with the Nuggets for 5 years and 276 million.
Jokic's five-year contract of 216 million starts this season, and he has received 47.61 million, 51.42 million, 55.22 million, 59.03 million, and 62.84 million in the last five years, while Doncic will start executing his new contract in 26, his starting salary will be 60 million, and Jokic's salary in the 25-26 season is 55.22 million, which is much less than Doncic.
If Jokic is smart, he should sign a three-year contract with the team in the summer of '22 with a player option, so that Jokic can sign a contract similar to Doncic with the Nuggets in the summer of '25, which should be around 5 years and 350 million.
In this way, Jokic lost a lot of money by renewing his contract with the Nuggets for 276 million in 5 years.
Xiao Sa lost a lot
Jokic suffered a loss in the length of his contract, but he also lost one or two million dollars a year, and it is reasonable for Jokic to sign a long-term contract regardless of money.
Xiao Sa is the most loss-making of all players at present, Xiao Sa is a 2016 rookie, he signed a 4-year 100 million contract extension with the Pacers in 2019, and his rookie Sika signed a 4-year 137 million contract with the Raptors, Xiao Sa was selected as an All-Star in the 19-20 season, and he can sign a 4-year 137 million contract with the Pacers in the summer of 20.
Last summer, Xiao Sa jumped out of the 23-24 year player option and extended the King's contract ahead of schedule, because his previous annual salary was less, the starting salary this season could only be 39.2 million, and he signed a four-year 188 million contract with the King.
Xiao Sa was selected as an All-Star last season, and this season is also an All-Star pearl, if he renews his contract with the team in the summer of 24, he can get a 5-year 303 million contract like Brown, Xiao Sa earned 42.34 million in the 24-25 season, Brown earned 49.35 million, and Xiao Sa was 7 million less than Brown in a year.
If Xiao Sa is not in a hurry to renew his contract in advance, he can sign 137 million for 4 years in 20 years, and 303 million for 5 years in 24 years, so Xiao Sa has lost at least 40 million.
So the player must have a good agent, so as to ensure the maximum economic interests of the player, Doncic can get the maximum salary without an agent, and Xiao Sa has lost a lot of money because of lack of calculation, so the NBA signing door is very deep, only as good as Leonard can he get the most money, and if Xiao Sa is in a hurry to renew the contract, he will lose tens of millions, fans and friends, what do you think about this?