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Old 06-09-2022, 11:48 AM   #2912
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Originally Posted by Lonestar View Post
These are guaranteed contracts, I believe the player cares more about total contract value that maximizes their career earnings, not the d*** measuring contest of being a top 3-7 AAV player. IMO that's what makes the 8th year so valuable.
To some degree yes. But they would prefer 3 years totalling $10M than 5 years totalling $11M.

But my point was that the distribution of a players salary/bonus between years is for strategic reasons, it's got nothing to do with "having the highest actual salary" in a given year.

But 7 years for $80M is likely better than 8 years at $82M.
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