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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
But it's not $45M. He gets $41.77M
They inflated the stated salary for this year, so that he would still get $6.77M. That inflated number doesn't mean anything, other than being a conversation piece.
When he files his taxes, he won't be bragging that the number was pro-rated to $10M.
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They didn't inflate the salary, they inflated the cap hit.
The salary is 41.77 million over 6 seasons, making an AAV of 6.96, which, when pro-rated for the remaining 68% of the season makes the cap hit become 10.2 million this year. This is done to ensure teams aren't circumventing the cap by waiting to sign players until later in the season.