Oh my God…
The Oklahoma City Thunder just gave Jalen Williams a five-year max rookie extension that could reach $287,000,000. This puts their “big 3” under contract for $822,000,000 over the next five years. This has got to be the absolute worst use of money I’ve ever seen in the NBA. I get that they just won a championship, but for that amount of money all three of them better end up in the GOAT conversation.
Who knows, maybe they are thinking big for the three of them that will dominate the league in the next 5 years. Remember that previously, they have the best record but just feel short because they lack the experience.
But in this season, they are very different, stomping teams with double digit lead, got the best record and then won the championship. It's also a trifecta for SGA, so OKC knows that they will need to keep them to be able to win and so they are willing to give them that huge payday.
I guess money is not a concern, every year the salary of the player increases.