The players who participated in the 2017 draft have played three seasons in the league, and the best of them are also at the time when they can renew their contracts with the team early. After the "Flower Discovery Show" Tatum, No. 5 show Fox and No. 13 rookie Mitchell have successively received the top salary contract, another rookie of the class of 2017, waiting for his brilliant "money" way, he is the Heat's interior lineman Bam Adebayo. According to his agent, Alex Saratesis, the Heat have already handed Adebayor a 5-year maximum salary contract, just waiting for him to sign.
Similar to several other students in the same class who have received the top salary, Adebayo's new contract also contains fierce clauses such as "being selected to the best team", and if Adebayor can meet the relevant conditions in the contract in the next few years, then he can get up to 5 years and 195 million contracts. Today, the Heat are still waiting for the results of Adebayor's medical examination, as long as the results are not a big problem, then the two sides will officially sign a new contract.
The release of this big contract made Adebayor the number one figure in the history of the Heat. Previously, the Heat's fattest offer to players was the $141 million contract given to Jimmy Butler last summer. Today, at just 23 years old, Adebayor is expected to outpace his teammates. "It's an accomplishment I've always wanted to achieve," Adebayor said in a recent interview, "it's a milestone in my career that can completely change my life and my family's life and allow me to take better care of the people around me." For me, this is a very important thing. ”
The upcoming 2020-21 season will be the last year of Adebayor's rookie contract. During the year, he was only paid $5.1 million a year. By the start of the 2021-22 season, Adebayor's annual salary will be greatly increased, and the "base salary" will be $28.1 million. If he can enter the three lineups of the NBA's best team in the 2020-21 season, or win the league's highest individual awards such as best defensive player, then his salary level will also be greatly improved.
According to the NBA's collective agreement, the Heat need to hand over an early renewal contract to Adebayor by December 21 this year. Otherwise, once this time has passed, the Heat will have to wait until next summer to negotiate a contract extension with him. For such an interior line that has now grown into a team starter and helped the team reach the Finals, the Heat obviously don't need that much time to think about.
For Adebayor, getting this big contract is not only the best reward for his personal efforts, but also the best response to his mother's hard work. As a single mother, Adebayo's mother, Blunt, has been working hard, and when Adebayor was a child, she had to work multiple jobs to raise Adebayor on an annual income of $15,000. After getting the big contract, Adebayor also immediately had a plan, that is, to buy her mother a house she wanted most.