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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19017374/nba-awards-voting-now-alter-franchises

Why the All-NBA team?

There's a new rule in the collective bargaining agreement that was just passed. If a player is voted to the All-NBA team and has eight or nine years of experience, then he qualifies for a special exception to sign a massive contract with his team for about $75 million more than any other team can pay him. A player also qualifies if he wins MVP or Defensive Player of the Year. But in that case, the player would probably already be on the All-NBA team.

That doesn't seem as if it would affect that many players, right?

That's true. It doesn't apply to many players. But the ones it does apply to could have a big impact on the league. This year, for example, if either Paul George or Gordon Hayward makes one of the three All-NBA teams, that would give his team an overwhelming advantage in re-signing him long-term.

It would make George eligible to sign a $200 million extension with the Pacers this summer. That's $75 million more than if he were to become a free agent in 2018 and sign somewhere else, such as with the Lakers. If he doesn't make the All-NBA team, and the Pacers lose this advantage, it is unlikely that he will sign an extension this summer, and that will apply pressure on the Pacers to trade him. This is a big vote -- one that George believes should go his way.

Hayward is a free agent this summer and has only seven years of experience, so he couldn't get the payoff now. But he could exercise his contract option for next season and then he could sign an extension beginning with the 2018-19 season that could become the largest contract in NBA history if the Jazz were willing to offer it, something in the range of six years and $230 million.
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I like it, kinda like the bird rule, I hate watching great players move from one team to another. That said teams have to be able to afford these mega deals, or the league will become the plaything of billionaires like Chelsea or Man City in the EPL.
 
Will Hayward take the player option for next season if he is named to an All-NBA team?

He would run the risk of getting injured and losing out on a lot of money.

Some of this may depend on what happens with Hill.


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Thats $38,330,000 per year and locks him in til he turns 34. Surely thats the recipe for success short and long term in the west.
 
I'd assume he'd still opt out, sign a one year deal at the max with a player option, and then take this extension.
 
What if he isn't all nba next year? Would he still be able to get this mega deal being a season removed from all nba?
 
fishonjazz said:
So if you made the all nba team 1 time and then 4 years later you weren't very good, you could still get that mega max? Like a rondo situation.
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Yes. He obviously wouldn't get it in that situation but he could. If I'm understanding the rule correctly.

A player who is in their 8th or 9th season and has made an All-NBA team.

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Catchall said:
All NBA Forwards:

1st Team: Kawhi, Lebron
2nd Team: Davis, Green
3rd Team: Durant, ??

Who am I missing?
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I don't know what kind of year griffin or Paul George are having.
 
Butler will probably get the forward spot ahead of Gordon, unless the Bulls miss the playoffs
 
How does this rule affect Rudy? I think Rudy has a better chance at an all-NBA selection than Hayward.
Would Rudy be eligible for a super-duper-mega-max contract when his current 4-year deal expires?
 
akirac73 said:
How does this rule affect Rudy? I think Rudy has a better chance at an all-NBA selection than Hayward.
Would Rudy be eligible for a super-duper-mega-max contract when his current 4-year deal expires?
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Rudy's gonna be eligible too.. thats why they can't afford to pay Hayward 40 mil a season and anyone who thinks so is a moron.

If they were gonna operate that way, it's gotta be done in concert with snowballing expiring assets, thats a MUST, and the Jazz don't do that..
 
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