Draft position largely determines how much first-round picks make with their first contracts, but it has little to do with the deal that comes after that. Player values can change drastically over the life of a rookie scale contract, as the 2007 draftees demonstrate. Since rookie contracts last no longer than four seasons, 2007 is the latest class in which most of the draftees have signed their second NBA contracts.
They're listed below, ordered by the value of the second NBA contract they signed, with their original draft position in parentheses. Some players, like Morris Almond, have signed multiple NBA contracts since their rookie deals ended, but for our purposes, only the first contract following the rookie deal is listed.
1. (2) Kevin Durant: 5 years, $89,163,134 (signed on 7/8/10)
2. (3) Al Horford: 5 years, $60MM (signed on 11/1/10)
3. (9) Joakim Noah: 5 years, $60MM (signed on 10/4/10)
4. (12) Thaddeus Young: 5 years, $43MM (signed 12/9/11)
5. (4) Mike Conley: 5 years, $40MM (signed on 11/1/10)
6. (27) Arron Afflalo: 5 years, $36,750,000 (signed 12/19/11)
7. (23) Wilson Chandler: 5 years, $31,720,818 (signed on 3/18/12)
8. (15) Rodney Stuckey: 3 years, $25.5MM (signed on 12/17/11)
9. (22) Jared Dudley: 5 years, $21,250,000 (signed on 11/1/10)
10. (20) Jason Smith: 3 years, $7.5MM (signed on 12/16/11)
11. (7) Corey Brewer: 3 years, $7,452,000 (signed on 3/3/11)
12. (21) Daequan Cook: 2 years, $6,432,500 (signed on 12/9/11)
13. (10) Spencer Hawes: 1 year, $4,051,024 (signed on 12/10/11)
14. (16) Nick Young: 1 year, $3,695,857 (signed on 12/19/11)
15. (18) Marco Belinelli: 1 year, $3,377,604 (signed on 12/13/11)
16. (8) Brandan Wright: 2 years, $1,908,532 (signed on 12/9/11)
17. (1) Greg Oden: 1 year, $1.5MM (signed on 12/9/11)
18. (11) Acie Law: 1 year, $885,120 (signed on 8/5/10; waived 12/4/10 and received $500K guaranteed portion of contract)
19. (17) Sean Williams: 1 year, $885,120 (signed on 9/23/10; waived 10/21/10; contract was not guaranteed)
20. (19) Javaris Crittenton: 1 year, $885,120 (signed on 9/23/10; waived 10/15/10; contract was not guaranteed)
21. (25) Morris Almond: 1 year, $825,497 (signed 9/17/09; waived 10/21/09; contract was not guaranteed)
22. (6) Yi Jianlian: 1 year, $827,221 (signed on 1/6/12)
23. (14) Al Thornton: 1 year, $218,677 (signed 3/3/11)
24. (5) Jeff Green: N/A – Deal with Celtics was voided; was 1 year, $9MM (signed 12/10/11)
25. (13) Julian Wright: N/A
26. (24) Rudy Fernandez: N/A; didn’t sign first contract until 7/1/08
27. (26) Aaron Brooks: N/A
28. (28) Tiago Splitter: N/A; didn’t sign first contract until 7/22/10
29. (29) Alando Tucker: N/A
30. (30) Petteri Koponen: N/A
Storytellers Contracts and RealGM.com were used in the creation of this post.
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