Spurs forward Rudy Gay has secured a $500K bonus after appearing in his 53rd game of the season on Wednesday night, reports Bobby Marks of ESPN (Twitter link).
Gay’s contract with the Spurs includes a $500K annual incentive if he plays in at least 60 games. However, that 60-game threshold applies to a typical 82-game season. Prorated across just 72 games this season, that worked out to 52.7, meaning Gay had to play in 53 games to earn his bonus.
Because Gay received the bonus last season as well, it was deemed “likely” entering this year and was already baked into his $14.5MM cap hit for 2020/21, Marks notes. As such, the Spurs won’t have to account for a higher cap charge than expected at season’s end.
Here’s more from around the Southwest:
- Christian Wood, who signed a three-year, $41MM deal with the Rockets just five months ago, is out to prove that he’s deserving of an even bigger payday when that contract expires. “I just want to show fans that by the time this contract’s up I think I’m gonna be a max (contract) player,” Wood said this week, per Mark Berman of Fox 26 Houston (Twitter link).
- While Didi Louzada‘s offensive game remains a work in progress, there’s optimism that he can be a positive contributor on the defensive end soon, writes Christian Clark of NOLA.com. The 22-year-old wing, a second-round pick in 2019, signed his first NBA contract with the Pelicans on Tuesday.
- Mavericks guard Trey Burke, who signed a three-year contract last offseason, began the season as a regular contributor, but saw his role cut back starting in February, then fell out of the rotation when J.J. Redick arrived earlier this month. Over the last two games, he has once again been a factor, averaging nearly 30 minutes per game, as Callie Caplan of The Dallas Morning News details. “It could go from you being DNPs to you playing 15 to 20 minutes a night,” Burke said. “You just never know, always got to stay ready. For me, this year has been tough. It’s been something that I’ve kind of battled with myself.”
Gay Wood is the best
Take a lap
Wood thinks he is a max player
Trade him next summer
If Wood makes all nba team, super max?
Wood should go to his agent and tell him to ask to be traded.
I wouldn’t be shocked if Houston traded him without a request. They could probably get the garbage half of Minnesota’s roster to keep the tanking-with-Wall project alive for another season.
Rockets won’t give Wood super max or max
They would welcome Wood 70 million pay cut and hopefully make playoffs
Rockets need to overpay someone like DeRozan or Lowry to compete with Pelicans
They don’t have to overpay anyone, and can’t even if they wanted to.
The only player they could overpay will be Olynyk, but he’s worth it.
They will have no problems competing with the Pelicans next season if they manage to keep their top-4 pick. If they do that then they will be competing with the Mavs and Grizzlies for the SW division title.
Hey WallyWood, are you gonna add Porter Jr. to your name after last night?
If u really think that? Sorry I can’t help you…