The Raptors have agreed to a three-year, $6.11MM contract with forward Jonathan Mogbo, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reports (Twitter link).
It’s the maximum amount allowed under the current CBA’s second-round exception, as our breakdown shows. Mogbo will earn about $1.86MM as a rookie, which is equivalent to this year’s minimum salary for a player who already has one year of NBA experience. The third year will be a team option.
Mogbo played last season with San Francisco, averaging 14.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.8 blocks. With the draft split into two rounds last month, Mogbo was the first pick of the second round.
Toronto resisted offers for the pick because they liked Mogbo’s versatility. He’s also a childhood friend of franchise player Scottie Barnes.
Under the previous CBA, over-the-cap teams would have needed to use a chunk of their mid-level exception to give a second-round pick like Mogbo a third year, as we outline in our glossary entry on the second-round pick exception.
Interesting why the 55th pick is making more money than the 31st pick, I wonder why…
Yeah, I think I remember hearing something about that guy that got drafted at pick 55. Is his dad famous or something?
They will make the same money over the 3 years and if Mogbo hits he will make more in his 4th year in the league. So your comparison isn’t fully accurate even if I understand your point.
Mogbo will actually have a higher salary in each of the next two seasons (he got the “max” for a second-round exception signing, while that No. 55 guy got the min). And as you mention, the three-year structure is more player-friendly than the four-year one since they can reach free agency earlier.
Now trade Bruce for Cam Johnson.
Why so they can win 35-40 games instead of 30-35?
@ WillDS So you can lose more sleep being disingenuous and hateful.
He’s a solid investment. He’s got potential. And childhood friend of your franchise player can’t hurt. I like this pick. Could of went higher, should off.
I was hoping the Warriors would pick him. He could come down from the “Hilltop”.