3J's Missed All NBA Opportunity
Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2025 2:35 am
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/jaren-jackson-jr-missing-nba-163000897.html
Had JJJ made an All-NBA team, he would have been eligible to sign a five-year extension worth up to $345.3 million this offseason. Since he didn’t, the Grizzlies can offer him no more than a four-year extension worth $146.8 million unless they create cap space this summer to renegotiate his contract before offering him an extension.
The Grizzlies planned ahead in that regard by salary-dumping Marcus Smart (along with their 2025 first-round pick) to the Washington Wizards at this year’s trade deadline. They now have the ability to create up to roughly $17.5 million in cap space this offseason, although doing so would require them to rescind the rights to all of their own free agents, most notably Santi Aldama (restricted) and Luke Kennard (unrestricted).
Had JJJ made an All-NBA team, he would have been eligible to sign a five-year extension worth up to $345.3 million this offseason. Since he didn’t, the Grizzlies can offer him no more than a four-year extension worth $146.8 million unless they create cap space this summer to renegotiate his contract before offering him an extension.
The Grizzlies planned ahead in that regard by salary-dumping Marcus Smart (along with their 2025 first-round pick) to the Washington Wizards at this year’s trade deadline. They now have the ability to create up to roughly $17.5 million in cap space this offseason, although doing so would require them to rescind the rights to all of their own free agents, most notably Santi Aldama (restricted) and Luke Kennard (unrestricted).