jnrjr79 wrote:GoBlue72391 wrote:jnrjr79 wrote:
Yes, and this could be an attempt to seal up a roster spot next year at a number less than a vet minimum guy, given the Bulls are going to be flirting with the tax if they continue their #continuity plan.
Where did you see that it's guaranteed beyond this season? Are you just assuming or did you actually read something?
A player can't make less than the minimum, hence it being the minimum, so I'm not sure about your theory.
Read the thread.
The initial Shams tweet said it's a multi-year deal. You can't have multiple option years on an NBA contract, so minimally this thing is guaranteed for next season.
And I didn't say they would be paying him less than the minimum, I said they'd be paying him less than the
veteran minimum, just meaning that because he has 0 years of NBA service, his contract will (presumably) be for the absolute cheapest salary permitted by the CBA of about a million bucks a year.
That's not how it works. There was nothing mentioned about any option years, only that it's a multi-year deal, and the number of years hasn't even been stated. A multi-year deal does not have to be guaranteed. It
can be guaranteed, but it can also be fully unguaranteed or even partially guaranteed.
My guess is that it's guaranteed for the remainder of this season and fully unguaranteed for next season unless not waived by a certain date, at which point it would become guaranteed. But that's just my pure speculation.
So again I ask: have you actually read something other than Sham's tweet or are you just assuming/making stuff up?