Few phrases carry the same weight as "max contract" through basketball circles, particularly under the more stringent salary-cap guidelines of the current collective bargaining agreement.
Trust me, those two words are worth an addition to your hoops vernacular in preparation of the upcoming free-agent frenzy.
Even after a tumultuous debut season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dwight Howard seems guaranteed for a massive payday this summer. But will those same astronomical contract figures be granted to either John Wall or Josh Smith? Is there still a team willing to take a max-deal gamble on the hobbled Andrew Bynum?
These are all questions that will be addressed in the coming months.
But in the case of one potential superstar—a player who's yet to log even a single minute of college (let alone pro) basketball—it's only a matter of when, not if, that massive contract offer sheet slides across the negotiating table. Via Grantland's Zach Lowe:
Granted, this is completely stricken to the hypothetical realm at this point.
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