The NBA's Nets last season regretted more than the gains, Harden was injured twice, Irving was padded in the second round, only Durant remained healthy, and the Nets' combat effectiveness plummeted with injuries, but Durant still led the team and the Bucks to fight to grab seven, and finally lost the opponent to end the season journey early. The combination of the Big Three did not make the last laugh, but it made the Nets one of the most popular teams in the league, of course, even if the future is promising, it has not stopped the Rumors that the Nets are going to break up the Big Three. Recently, there have been several versions of the news that Irving is about to be traded, and the biggest reaction is the agreement with the 76ers to send Irving to Philadelphia and then exchange it for Simmons.
In response, Irving's brokerage firm, Roc Nation Sports, responded that if the Nets were to trade Irving, he would retire in place. The fact that the agency was able to say this is not incomprehensible that this is exactly what Owen was thinking, but also to some extent shows that Owen is confident that he will not be traded. In fact, the Nets never want to trade Irving any ideas, some time ago nets general manager Max said that Irving recovered well, I believe that before the start of the training camp he can play with everyone to train. Billy Reinhardt and Alec Sturm have also revealed that the Nets cannot use Irving as a chip, and even if they have considered, the Nets will not trade Simmons.
Irving and Durant are both signed players under the Roc Nation Sports agency, and its owner is the famous JAY-Z, when Irving fired the original agent Jeff Wechsler, and then joined the Roc Nation Sports agency, there are fans and media guessed that Irving is leaving the Celtics, and joined Durante to win the championship. Although the size of Nation Sports brokerage is far less than Rich Paul's brokerage company, JAY-Z can still make a lot of money every year, so how much commission can JAY-Z, who will be cruel, take from Irving every year?
Agents can generally take away two parts of the commission in the hands of the contracted player, the first is the player-team contract commission, according to the league regulations, the commission ratio is up to 4% of the total contract value. Irving and JAY-Z began in 2019, after which JAY-Z helped Irving and the Nets sign a four-year, $142 million contract, and if calculated at the highest percentage, Irving was only drawn from the contract in four years to be pumped $5.68 million, or about $1.42 million per year. In addition to the player's contract commission with the team, the agent can also draw a part of the player's off-court contract commission, the proportion can reach up to 20%, which is quite scary.
According to the data given by Forbes, Irving's over-the-counter income is about $20 million per year, of which part of the investment income, the income from brand endorsements and other contracts alone is at least $10 million, or according to the highest proportion, JAY-Z can take $2 million a year from Irving. It can be concluded that jay-z can earn more than $3 million a year on Irving with on-the-counter commissions, and as Irving's contracts get bigger and bigger and have more influence, JAY-Z will make more and more money on Irving. Recently, the Nets are actively negotiating a contract extension with Irving, and Windhorst said that his contract will have many incentive clauses, close to the full maximum salary, as for the specific size of the contract, it depends on how JAY-Z plays.