Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Per league sources, new Bucks coach Taylor Jenkins signed a long-term deal with a salary that is well north of $10 million annually. Jenkins isn’t the highest-paid coach in the league, as that honor goes to Golden State’s Steve Kerr at $17.5 million annually (for now, as he continues to contemplate whether to return). Miami’s Erik Spoelstra is second (approximately $15 million). And Jenkins, the former Memphis Grizzlies coach who was once a Bucks assistant in Antetokounmpo’s early days, is up there now.
Even if the Blazers go with a coach with no previous head-coaching experience, it shouldn’t be tough to top what is believed to be the lowest head-coaching salary in the league, that of the Sacramento Kings’ Doug Christie ($2 million annually).
Considering Ujiri’s hefty Raptors salary (reportedly more than $15 million) was known to be a significant factor in his Toronto departure last June, the widely held belief here is that it cost Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont a pretty penny to bring him to town.
Bobby Marks: With Phoenix reaching the playoffs, Dillon Brooks has earned a $1M bonus. The bonus was deemed unlikely before the season because Phoenix did not reach the postseason last year.
NBA players have the highest salaries in U.S. pro sports by a wide margin. The same holds true come playoff time. Players on NBA playoff teams will split $35.7 million this season, with each team receiving a chunk based on how far their teams go; teams earn more for each round they advance. The total is up $1 million from last year. The NBA also factors regular-season standings into its playoff pool, with an added bonus of $896,293 for the best record among all 30 teams. Players on playoff teams will receive anywhere from $480,715—roughly $32,050 per player based on a 15-player roster—to potentially $12.8 million ($853,700 per player) if the Thunder, who finished the season 64-18, win the NBA championship.
Advertisement
Cap expert Yossi Gozlan of The Third Apron mentioned a four-year, $194 million extension, but suggested the Nets could get Porter for less. He’d earlier opined four years, $160 million. Both Gozlan and ESPN Insider Bobby Marks said the Nets could use some of their $30 million in cap space to renegotiate and extend Porter, giving him a raise next season and then up to a 40% pay cut in the first year of the extension.
The No. 1 pick on Monday will earn $500,000 in her first season, significantly higher than the $78,831 earned by Paige Bueckers, last year’s top pick. For the second year in a row, that pick belongs to the Dallas Wings. The No. 2 pick, heading to the Minnesota Lynx, will earn $466,913, and the No. 3 pick, going to the Seattle Storm, will get $436,016. All drafted players who end up making a team will earn more than any WNBA player did last year. The league’s minimum $270,000 salary, which second- and third-round picks would earn if they make a roster after training camp, is higher than last year’s maximum salary of $249,244.
Bobby Marks: Here are the 4 that have earned bonuses so far: - Khris Middleton: $1.79M (games played) - Derrick White: $1.75M (games or minutes) - Kevin Durant: $1.43M (All-Star) - Saddiq Bey: $111K (games played) Middleton and Bey were deemed unlikely before the season.
Khobi Price: Nick Smith Jr. will have a team option and non-guaranteed salary for 2026-27, a source told @capostsports.
Bobby Marks: The bonus report Entering the season 36 players had 133 different incentives in their contracts. Here is the breakdown Did not Qualify: 114 TBD: 15 Qualified: 4
Advertisement
Shams Charania: The Miami Heat are signing two-way guard Jahmir Young to a new two-year deal, agent Scott Nichols tells ESPN. Young fills the Heat's open spot created by waiving Terry Rozier.
Grizzlies PR: The @memgrizz today announced the team signed Lucas Williamson to a second 10-Day contract.
