Heat president Pat Riley said signing Bam Adebayo to an extension was an easy decision, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. At age 23, Adebayo has already become one of the league’s best big men, averaging 15.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists last season while making his first All-Star appearance.
“One of the most important things a franchise can do is to make sure that your best, youngest, cornerstone players sign on the dotted line,” Riley said. “Getting Bam his extension was a no-brainer for us because we know he will be around for years to come. That’s great for the Heat, great for the fans and great for Bam.”
Adebayo will only receive a full super-max deal, paying him 30% of the salary cap, if he earns MVP honors, tweets John Hollinger of The Athletic. That figure is 28.5% if he is a first-team All-NBA selection and 27.5% if he wins Defensive Player of the Year. If none of those things happen, Adebayo will be paid 25% of the cap. Those figures are confirmed by Chiang, who adds that Adebayo’s new contract doesn’t contain any player or team options (Twitter link).
There’s more from the Southeast Division:
- Re-signing Davis Bertans gives the Wizards one sure thing on a roster filled with uncertainty, states Ava Wallace of The Washington Post. Bertans developed into one of the NBA’s most dangerous three-point shooters during his first season in Washington and was rewarded with a five-year, $80MM contract. “There’d been talk from (general manager Tommy Sheppard) and the Wizards that they wanted me to stay,” Bertans said. “But until it comes to free agency, you actually get the call that the team wants you, you can’t be sure. I was happy that it wasn’t just some talk from Tommy and the whole team, that they really, really wanted me to come back.”
- Rajon Rondo‘s new contract with the Hawks includes a $750K incentive if he plays at least 33 games and the team reaches the playoffs, tweets Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders.
- Karim Mane, who signed a two-way contract with the Magic on Friday, has similarities in his game to Victor Oladipo and Jrue Holiday, observes Josh Cohen of NBA.com. Mane is relentless on defense, excelling in traps, and is hard for defenders to stay in front of when he drives to the basket.
Bertans is overpaid
His real value is 4 years 50m, not 80m
I agree, I think he’s severely overpaid.
So 4 years $50M is $12.5M per year. Instead he’s getting 5 years $80M which is $16M per year, so is he really overpaid all that much?
4 million is enough to add another solid player in free agency. Bertrans is a 1 dimensional player with horrible defense.
The best single- dimensional, and he does hustle. Worth $16mil.
The Bam money will be worth it if Spoelstra wnats to carry out a Bam-bsded offense.
They need his shooting/spacing and he will have had opportunities. They probably had no choice
I love bam, but for 18-20ms a year. paying a non franchise big 30ms is way to much in this era. Without Jimmy heat are a 6-7 seed maybe 8.
Same thing was said last year Lucky.
Rondo should have no problem making that 750K.
yep…34 games on the dot. 17 before he fractures another finger and then another 17 after heading into the playoffs lol
Hawks totally overhyped. Won’t make playoffs. Worst D in league.