The 2014-15 NBA season may well go down as the Year of the Contract Year, as redundant as that sounds.
Jimmy Butler bet on himself, reportedly declining a $40 million extension from the Chicago Bulls in the fall and turning himself into an All-Star who's likely to earn much more than that this summer. With the Los Angeles Clippers missing Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, an unrestricted free agent this summer, has risen to the occasion and vastly improved his payday prospects.
But you don't have to play in the All-Star Game (or come close to it) to be in line for the sort of sizeable raise that would've seemed ludicrous prior to the start of the current campaign. Just ask Draymond Green and Khris Middleton.
Both were second-round picks in the 2012 NBA draft. The Golden State Warriors grabbed Green, then the Big Ten Player of the Year out of Michigan State, with the 35th pick. Four spots later, the Detroit Pistons picked Middleton, a three-year letterman out of Texas A&M.
Both were largely afterthoughts through their first two pro seasons. Green started just one game as a rookie and 12 as ...
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