captaincloudyy | GSW

75 | 7 hours ago

Jordan Poole

smokie_lokie

3 | 7 hours ago

He was a great shooter for GSW though, but maybe a lot of players are when they’ve got Steph and Klay in front of them?

GenoThyme | BOS

9 | 7 hours ago

Was that payment for helping them win a title, or payment for him not pressing charges on Draymond for sucker punching him while committing a workplace assault?

Kdog122025 | GSW

11 | 6 hours ago

Poole earned every dollar of that contract for ‘22. He also wanted to be paid slightly more than Tyler Herro.

ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME | GSW

4 | 6 hours ago

Common misconception but individuals do not press charges, the DA does this https://mainorwirth.com/what-does-pressing-charges-mean/

geosensation | SAS

2 | 5 hours ago

Without the victim cooperating its difficult if not impossible to get a conviction so it’s very important. Although in this case the evidence is on tape and there were tons of witnesses so….

GenoThyme | BOS

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah, you’re right. I guess I watch too much Law & Order. But Poole could’ve hired a lawyer to push a little harder and/or seek civil damages. Probably gets him blacklisted from the NBA for it, but that could also just lead to even more in his civil suit. Giving Poole a bit more then he probably would’ve gotten otherwise to just let it slide was in everyone’s best interest, but if Poole was really vindictive it could’ve gone a different way.

Gold_Telephone_7192 | GSW

1 | 4 hours ago

Yall are hilarious thinking pro sports is like real life. Everything that happens on a basketball court is assault in a normal workplace. He’s not pressing charges and no judge is taking that case. Be real

GenoThyme | BOS

0 | 4 hours ago

If it’s within the game, even a flagrant foul, then sure, it’s not assault. But if it’s a sucker punch at a practice, it could be considered assault. There’s precedent too. Todd Bertuzzi plead guilty to criminal assault for driving another players face into the ice and punching it during an NHL game. You’re just a Draymond apologist I assume based on your flair so have fun living on that river in Egypt.

Gold_Telephone_7192 | GSW

0 | 3 hours ago

There is zero chance this would become an assault charge. Players fight in practice. The Bertuzzi example is a great example of how insanely egregious the act has to be to become assault.

OngoGablogiansAlt | LAL

1 | 3 hours ago

Didn’t he play really well that season including in the finals?

CoolHand1899 | IND

1 | 6 hours ago

Good god people thought he was the second coming of Klay coming off that Finals

yeeetmxster420 | LAL

57 | 8 hours ago

Bruce Brown after winning with the Nuggets

definitely a lot for a player of his caliber

internallylinked | ATL

26 | 7 hours ago

Bruce Brown, KCP, Christian Braun all got bags because of Joker ahaha

glen_ko_ko | DET

9 | 7 hours ago

Peyton watson

internallylinked | ATL

3 | 6 hours ago

He actually did it on his own with that hot streak last year while Jokic was out

glen_ko_ko | DET

1 | 3 hours ago

I don’t really follow nuggets regular season. What was their record during that stretch

SloshaPacana

-4 | 7 hours ago

Jokic hasn’t won without them covering his defensive weaknesses

KCP had better seasons else where where he scored more and shot just as good, Brown right after he got traded averaged better offensive numbers

Braun is a transition player

Jokic needs them more than they need him

Royal_Rutabaga_4433

1 | 7 hours ago

Facts. The Pacers dropped the bag ($45M for 2 years) because Denver was totally capped out and couldn’t match. Bro played that title run and free agency to absolute perfection.

HellBlazeSRB

20 | 7 hours ago

Basically every nuggets player that played with Jokic and left after 2023 (and even before that)

AbjectAffect91 | NYK

18 | 8 hours ago

Christian Braun

SaveHogwarts | BOS

8 | 7 hours ago

Was considerably younger and the contract he signed would bring him into his prime.

Different.

Nex_Kelsier

12 | 7 hours ago

Whole Cavs roster after Lebron carried them to 2016 championship.

RunninOnMT | POR

9 | 7 hours ago

Tristian Thompson was the egregious one if I remember correctly. And Matthew dellevedova

Royal_Rutabaga_4433

2 | 7 hours ago

Tristan Thompson and Matthew Dellavedova both turned gritty championship-run performances into massive multi-million dollar contracts.

bigE819 | IND

20 | 7 hours ago

Does Mozgov count if he wasn’t a key part of the team🤣

Robinsonirish | Finland

2 | 6 hours ago

Even though they never won a ring, Roy Hibbert and beansprout pg13 taking the prime Heatles to 7 games in the ECF comes to mind. We never saw Roy again. That playoff series was what got me interested in basketball again after a 10 year hiatus.

Brilliant-Garlic-688

16 | 7 hours ago

For context, Bauers is currently slated to be the 106th highest paid MLB player this year (Lu Dort being the 106th highest paid NBA player).

jambr380

5 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, I feel like the Red Sox did well to land his bat so early in FA. $14.5M/yr is really not that much. Yeah, he just turned 31, but he’s also a 1B and they aren’t counting on him for his speed.

With so many arbitration and pre-arb players, his salary looks even better since many of those guys would get paid more

cirrxs123__ | SAS

6 | 7 hours ago

little off topic but Shamet taking a pay cut to stay in NY was crazy, like I understand he loves it there & can now no longer pay for a drink there

but damn bro you’re a role player in your prime, should’ve got more money elsewhere

SloshaPacana

10 | 7 hours ago

He wasn’t going to get that much more, he took a safe longer contract, could have probably gotten like 8m-10m 1 year contract from someone but he took 24m long term

dishsoapwipe123

6 | 7 hours ago

James Posey signed that 4 yr 26 million dollar deal after the 08 Boston win. He was okay that 08-09 season but trash afterwards. Got waived by the amnesty clause after the lockout in 2011 and that was his career.

Zak_InGeniusPrep

4 | 6 hours ago

Bruce Brown is the cleanest match. He was on a cheap deal for the 2023 Nuggets, was a huge bench piece in that run, and Indiana gave him 2 years and $45M that summer.

A few others:

Matthew Dellavedova after the 2016 Cavs title. He was a backup guard who got a lot of attention for hounding Steph in the 2015 Finals, and Milwaukee gave him 4 years and about $38M.

Danny Green after Toronto in 2019. He was already established, but the ring helped him land 2 years and $30M from the Lakers, and then he won again with LeBron the next year.

Gary Payton II after the 2022 Warriors. He went from barely sticking in the league to 3 years and $28M from Portland.

OngoGablogiansAlt | LAL

1 | 3 hours ago

I’d argue that Danny was a calibur of player that deserved that contract, even though he fell off on the Lakers. He was a legit 3 and D guy

Think_please | BOS

6 | 7 hours ago

Bauers has been one of the best hitters in the league since the middle of 2025. He got paid for that, not two ABs in the playoffs.

Royal_Rutabaga_4433

3 | 6 hours ago

Facts. Bro has been on a literal heater since mid-2025, he earned that bag over a whole sample size, not just a couple lucky playoff ABs.

ireallydespiseyouall | SAS

3 | 7 hours ago

Caldwell-pope

RunninOnMT | POR

3 | 7 hours ago

Tristian Thompson

PootieTooGood | CLE

1 | 5 hours ago

nope, TT signed his 5/82m in 2015.

GeneRayburnJr | MIN

3 | 5 hours ago

Luc Longley

Proof_Boot1822

2 | 7 hours ago

It happens every year even after a good but not great playoff run or finals series. Makes sense tho even if the players don’t pan out. Only things teams are worried about is keeping a player that has shown he can rise in the playoffs on the team even if it means overpaying cause they don’t wanna take the chance that somebody else gets them and they blossom even more. Gotta pick your poison.

Royal_Rutabaga_4433

2 | 7 hours ago

Bruce Brown is a prime recent example. After serving as an essential glue guy off the bench during the Denver Nuggets’ 2023 championship run, his clutch scoring and defense earned him a lucrative two-year, $45 million contract with the Indiana Pacers.

Similarly, Fred VanVleet capitalized massively on the Toronto Raptors’ 2019 title run. His high-pressure shooting and perimeter defense against Golden State proved how heavily front offices reward players who step up when a championship is on the line.

Environmental_Peak_7 | TOR

3 | 7 hours ago

Bruce Brown recently when the nuggets won. Jordan Poole too.

Back when the Lakers won in 09 Trevor Ariza got paid.

JR Smith when the Cavs won in 2016.

OngoGablogiansAlt | LAL

1 | 3 hours ago

Lakers fell in love with the idea of 09 Ariza so much we paid a 50 year old Ariza lol

FabianJanowski | SAS

2 | 7 hours ago

Christian Braun, Luke Kornet. Many examples. Salaries they got are not outrageous but definitely higher than if they hadn’t won a title.

Delicious_Movie5128

2 | 7 hours ago

Tyson Chandler

Clumv3

1 | 7 hours ago

kendrick perkins got a pretty decent bag from okc a few years after winning

Ok_Possible_5702

1 | 6 hours ago

Jordan Poole for sure

MinePlay512

1 | 5 hours ago

Bruce Brown after winning with Denver

Raptors4daysguy

1 | 4 hours ago

Not a title but Biz Biyombo.

Was almost out the league in 2015 then plays on Raptors as a backup to Jonas. In the playoffs started and was awesome blocking shots and against Lebron he helped them win 2 games by being great defensively.

Got him a contract with Orlando and was overpaid but is good guy and he’s still in the league playing a role teams want. lol

NBA players that got paid a lot for being a key piece to winning a championship?