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2010 Max contract for Lebron/Wade/Bosh $150 mil?

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:01 am
by bstein14
In the summer of 2010, if Bosh/Wade/James opt out... and they can get a deal starting at 30% of the cap... 6 years in length... with 10.5% max increases it will look like this.

Assuming the Cap is at $66.67 million which is a fair estimate IMO

10-11: $20.0 mil
11-12: $22.1 mil
12-13: $24.2 mil
13-14: $26.3 mil
14-15: $28.4 mil
15-16: $30.5 mil

TOTAL 6 years $151.5 million

That's the type of MAX salary a guy like Bosh, Wade, Lebron, Amare...

Is this correct? We're going to see these guys with 6 year contracts worth $150 million?

Re: 2010 Max contract for Lebron/Wade/Bosh $150 mil?

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:46 pm
by lakerfan10770
It looks to be going that way, although I would say that your cap estimate might be a bit aggressive. With that said, even with the most conservative estimate of about $60M, the max contract would be $136.35M.

Here is a list of the largest contracts in sports history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_sports_contracts

A-Rod is #1 & #2 on the list, pretty amazing.

Kobe signed the largest contract in the NBA @ 7 years $136.4M