According to the Athletic WOJ, the Pistons have signed a five-year, $226 million maximum salary contract with the 2021 No. 1 pick Cunningham, who averaged 22.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game this season, but he was a glass man in his grade and only played 12 games last season. In this era, any player can get an annual salary of 50 million! The champion has renewed his contract, so how big of a contract can Jalen Green, the top pick in the same draft, sign?
Cunningham
Jalen Green, with his outstanding physical talent in his rookie season (99cm jumping on the spot, 125cm running and jumping, and 26cm palm length), was given the title of the upper limit Jordan and lower Kobe Bryant by the outside world.
Jalen Green
This season, Green played 82 games in the regular season, averaging 19.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, shooting 42.3% from the field and 33.2% from three-point range. But after the All-Star, due to Shin Jing's injury, Green gradually grasped the offensive initiative of the team, and also played an excellent performance, leading the Rockets to 11 consecutive wins, almost entering the play-offs, and also won the title of the best of the week.
Green won the title of Weekly Awards
Green has the right to renew his contract early this offseason, but after the team used the draft market to pick up Shepard, who is also a shooting guard and a three-point shot, Green's contract extension may not be so clear, and even the team will trade him, because the team's current big man has made it very clear that it is Shen Jing! But with Jalen Green's potential, even if he is traded to other teams, I believe he can still sign a five-year contract of more than $200 million, because Pistons Cunningham can sign for five years and 226 million, and Raptors Quickley's five-year 175 million, Jalen Green is no worse than them!
Quickley and Barrett