What's the max contract Bynum can get?

wfiles · Post #1 » by **wfiles** » Sun Aug 3, 2008 10:48 pm

How much can Bynum get from the Lakers or from another team? Someone on the Portland board said they can screw the Lakers if Portland offered Bynum $20 million per year and have the Lakers match. Is this possible? It would only be Bynum's 5th year so how can he make that much of the salary cap?

iamworthy · Post #2 » by **iamworthy** » Sun Aug 3, 2008 11:10 pm

Thats bull. Lakers can offer him the most. The CBA is set up to give the team the player plays for an advantage over the other teams. To my understanding. I think he can sign a 5yr 80mil deal.

Post #3 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Aug 4, 2008 12:07 am

obviously they don't know anything about restrictions on player's salaries.

Post #4 » by **LLcoleJ** » Mon Aug 4, 2008 12:17 am

This was/is already being discussed in Mitch v. Lee thread and there was a portland fan who thought the same thing.
I just hope they go read up on the CBA and salary restrictions before they continue to post such false information.

10scott10 · Post #5 » by **10scott10** » Mon Aug 4, 2008 12:52 am

His first year salary max (max he can get in the first year of his new contract) is around 14 mil (iirc), he can get a max of 10.5% raises per year, non-compounded.

aussie_laker · Post #6 » by **aussie_laker** » Thu Aug 7, 2008 6:00 am

how is the max determined for a player?

deNIEd · Post #7 » by **deNIEd** » Thu Aug 7, 2008 6:22 pm

Well, they could offer a front loaded contract with options on the end.

I'm not sure exactly how much they can offer Bynum, but I do know that they can offer Bynum a front loaded contract at say 18-20 million, with a player option on year 4 or 5, meaning Bynum would make more money in the end.

hermes · Post #8 » by **hermes** » Thu Aug 7, 2008 7:29 pm

maybe portland fans are just trying to get under your skin, to cover their own insecurities about their own young center

deNIEd · Post #9 » by **deNIEd** » Thu Aug 7, 2008 10:06 pm

Regardless, I think it is quite clear that Bynum will likely be asking for the absolute max (70 mil?) with the money Deng/Iggy/Okafor/Biedrins is getting.

Either that, or he completely flops this year, but if he is half as good as some Laker fan's claiming (number 2 best center behind Dwight, or even better than Dwight by some), Bynum will be getting 70 mil without any question.

lakerfan10770 · Post #10 » by **lakerfan10770** » Fri Aug 8, 2008 5:56 pm

Based on this years cap numbers the max contract extension that he could sign this summer would be 5 years $83,235,900. Assuming the Lakers do not extend him this summer, which I think is likely, next year the max he could get from another team (based on this year's cap) would be 5 years $79,796,400. Meanwhile the max that the Lakers could offer him is 6 years $104,216,850.