Quote from: danherbias07 on Today at 11:29:27 AM

Quote from: OgNasty on July 07, 2025, 11:08:07 PM

Paolo Banchero signed a 5 year max rookie contract extension that could reach $287,000,000! That’s crazy. I haven’t seen him play much, but I had no idea he was going to be getting that kind of money. I think the NBA might be broken. Fans can’t afford to see games and mid players are going to be billionaires.

Yummy!

Well, he deserves it. He put the Orlando Magic back on the map, and also thanks to his teammates, who have been good role players, especially the Wagner brothers.
This is also a young team with a young core. They just need more experience and chemistry, but I bet they will be back in the playoffs again next season as long as there's no bad injury that will happen.

Although that 287M for 5 years is overkill for a rookie contract I do agree with you that he deserves it. Magic becomes relevant even though they only have young player and some veteran player that has low salary.

This achievement is thanks to Paolo Banchero leasing this team both offensively and defensively.

I believe Orlando Magic decided to all in since they are getting good result despite having young cores. Both Paolo and Magic won on this deal since Magic can secure Paolo until his prime.