Everyone acts like they’d be so selfless lol I will never in my life take a pay cut and I don’t expect others to either.

Didn’t he take his max as soon as it was available?

Sure, he could’ve waited and gotten way more, but he guaranteed every cent he could ASAP.

It wasn’t really a pay cut, it was a risk to delay his extension by a year but he was able to sign for more than he was last time by delaying.

Brunson signed for the max he possibly could have signed for when he took his deal and added a player option so he could opt out after three years. He could have waited one extra season and signed a supermax that would have been five years instead of three or four. And yes it would have paid more per year but there was some risk in waiting an extra season to sign and the player option allows him to sign another big money deal to bridge some of the gap.

This is true, but to Mitchell’s credit he genuinely did take less money than he’d have gotten if he’d just waited a year to extend. Next summer he’s eligible for the 10-year vet amount. Hard to say whether anyone would have been willing to pay that, but the history of the league says someone probably would have. Then the Cavs either agree to extend at that price or let him walk for nothing when we still owe picks to the Jazz.

Last one who did it to that significant of a degree would be Dirk, right? Unless I’m missing somebody.

He has never taken a paycut. Don’t know why this keeps getting repeated

didn’t he take a max but a year early? the same thing mitchell is doing?

Nobody should do that. I get that NBA stars make a ludicrous amount of money compared to regular people but it’s a weird thing to do because all it’s doing is helping billionaires who put this dumb salary cap structure in place.

You haven’t seen it because they shouldn’t. Owners should pay players what they are worth. I get it makes the cap tricky, but it sets a weird precedent when guys do it. It’s all just Billionaire owners being cheap and the weird apron and cap rules in the CBA that should have been tweaked.

Brunson is a real one

I would never do it, and Brunson is an idiot for doing it. Just because it worked out and he got a championship doesn’t make him less of an idiot. Just makes him an idiot with less money and a ring. Lmao

Duncan did similar, and then got a bunch of money swindled from his financial advisor. I’ll bet he wishes he had that cash now.

Curry too. He was still on a cheap deal when he blew up

Lol no one said for the fans wtf

I’d think there are situations where a front office would lean towards keeping a top ten-ish player happy over bringing in LeBron at this stage. He’s still great, but not a “sign him at all costs, everyone else be damned” stage in his career.

The same Kyrie tried to recruit Lebron to the Mavs?

He knew what he was doing. He wasn’t at risk of losing his abilities. He’s gotten better over the years if anything. He took a paycut for sure. He could’ve waited a year then. He would’ve gotten the contract after a year. He has no major injury history and is historically a very durable player. He was aware of what he was doing when he took the paycut for the Knicks.

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Then it must be because the extension doesn’t start until after his 10th year.

You clearly have not seen any of the bullshit their medical staff gets up to with his injury reporting lol

No lol my fault

Yeah gang my fault

The metrics and the eye test match.

People can downvote me all they want but I see a lot of empty play with Mitchell. He can get a bucket for himself but he’s subpar at basically everything else about the game imo and often gets way too much of a pass as someone who is supposed to be the clear #1. And yeah, he was pumping hard in that last game. 1 assist, -23 on the floor with the most points in the game (both teams). He ball watches like no tomorrow too. I have no reason to hate on this man. I just don’t see it with him.

casuals

Don’t see him signing for anything less than 30 a year. Wouldn’t call that a discount.

well now he has to lol

Tbh. If a far better player is willing to take less money you’re never gonna beat that