Predicting the Next Wave of Young NBA Talent to Get Contract Extensions

October 7th, 2014 by Josh Martin Leave a reply »
Kyrie Irving got his max money from the Cleveland Cavaliers before LeBron James made them title contenders again. The Morris twins re-upped with the Phoenix Suns for a combined $52 million. Kenneth Faried should soon be the proud owner of a set-up-for-life extension, per Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski.

These four don't figure to be the only ones to get deals done between now and the Halloween deadline for rookie-scale extensions. The combination of a skyrocketing salary cap, due to the NBA's new national TV deal, and the added costs and risks of restricted free agency (see: Gordon Hayward, Eric Bledsoe, Greg Monroe) may well drive teams to lock in their young players over the long haul in greater numbers.

And, well, there are still a number of notable names out there who have reason to dream of dollar signs and zeroes until the end of the month.

But which of those players who are eligible for rookie-scale extensions—mostly members of the NBA draft's 2011 class—will be joyously re-enacting that most famous of exchanges between Rod Tidwell and Jerry Maguire at month's end? And which ones will be wondering why their respective squads d ...

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