According to media reports, Bulls star LaVine is about to sign with Rich Paul's Klutch agency. The purpose of LaVine's move is also obvious: to sign a big contract next offseason! His current contract is 4-year, $78 million, which expires in the summer of 2022. The Bulls offered a four-year, $104 million early contract extension, which LaVine declined.
If the contract is renewed in the summer of 2022, LaVine's starting salary is 30% of the salary cap for that season, and the total amount of the five-year contract will reach $200 million. If he can be named to the all-third team next season, he can get up to $220 million in five years. Even without the Bulls, LaVine can get a big contract with an average salary of $30 million!
In the 2020-21 season, LaVine averaged 27.4 points, 5 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, ranking seventh in the league in points. It is worth mentioning that LaVine is the only player in the league's top 25 scoring list who does not earn $20 million a year (19.5 million). It is worth mentioning that LaVine's new teammate Qiu Ge is also a player under Klutch.
This offseason brother joined the Bulls for four years and $80 million, a contract also run by Rich Paul and Klutch. At present, Klutch has a number of stars: James, Thick Eyebrows, Trae Young, Wall, Ben Simmons, Dream Green, Harrell, Ball Brother, Bledsoe, TT, Clarkson, etc. Look at the full list below, where the stars have more than $1 billion in contracts.
Over the years, Rich Paul has helped clients win many big contracts, especially those that are big names. But lately he's been in trouble: Knicks player Narens Noel has filed a lawsuit against his former agent, Rich Paul. According to journalist Jake Fischer, "Noel sued FuPaul, and agents across the league cheered for it." ”
Perkins also came to eat melon, writing online: "Noel needs to tell the truth about him and Richie Paul!" Noel himself commented: "Philadelphia wanted to sign me in the summer of 2019 but couldn't contact Rich Paul, and later their coach Brown told me that I only learned about it." Unable to find my agent, Philadelphia signed Horford ($109 million for 4 years). ”
According to the open-air stand, in the 2019 offseason, the Clippers and Rockets both wanted to sign Noel, and they tried to contact Rich Paul, but neither got a reply from the latter. In the summer of 2018, Noel signed a basic salary contract with the Thunder. In the 2018-19 season, he played 77 regular season games, averaging 13.7 minutes per game, scoring 4.9 points, 4.2 boards and 1.3 blocks.
By the 2020 offseason, the Knicks wanted to sign Noel, but they couldn't contact Rich Paul either. The Knicks managed to contact Noel's adviser Steven Dorn, and with Dorne's help, Noel joined the Knicks on a $5 million-a-year contract. In December 2020, Noel terminated his contract with Rich Paul...
In the 2020-21 season, Noel averaged 5.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 1.1 steals per game, and this summer he signed the Knicks to a three-year, $32 million contract extension. He accused Rich Paul and his agency of focusing only on serving their big clients and ignoring the role players in the indictment.
Not taking the team phone and dragging out time to raise the offer is not the first time Ritchie Paul has done so. In the summer of 2015, Paul Fu told client Norris Cole not to rush to sign a contract with the Pelicans, he could get a big contract, and the Pelicans simply ignored Cole. Eleven weeks after the free market opened, Kohl signed the Pelicans to a one-year, $3 million contract.
Of course, There are also successful cases of Rich Paul's procrastination tactics: it was still the 2015 offseason, and the Cavaliers gave TT a four-year, $52 million offer, and Rich Paul did not let TT sign it. It wasn't until October 21, 2015, 16 weeks after the free market opened, that the Cavaliers raised their offer to 80 million for five years that the two sides completed the renewal.
What do you say about Rich Paul's method of operation, and his Klutch brokerage company?