The Oklahoma City Thunder signed Chet Holmgren for 5 years and 250 million dollars max.
It's really unbelievable money. I still don't understand how they pay these money to these players. I don't think he deserves this contract.
Let's see how long we will see such big contracts.
Business. If they manage to win back to back championships with that lineup then it's definitely worth it. There are so many ways an NBA team/franchise can earn that money back for their organization. You can simply Google or ask any AI like ChatGPT how they're able to afford paying players that much or ask why they’re willing to pay that such amount.
But to answer your question simply: it's because owning an NBA franchise is a business.
And for me Chet Holmgren really deserves that contract. Chet Holmgren > Wemby.
And during their fight for the rookie of the year, I thought that Chet has some edge on him. Nevertheless, Wemby is their favorite to I guess that's it. But then Chet is happy with it and just improved his game thru last seasons and although they didn't make it to the finals, but this season was different, they lead the NBA again and then finally won their first ring together.
So maybe there will be some critics that will same that Chet doesn't deserved that huge contract, but then again, who would? We've seen Booker's contract that is so huge, but did he bring a championship in Phoenix? Despite having KD or even CP3 before. Yes, they go into the finals against the Bucks, but after that, when the management didn't sign Ayton then they didn't replicate their success.