Anthony Davis is still more than six months shy of his 23rd birthday. He's nearly two-and-a-half months away from starting his fourth NBA season, and has missed an average of 15.7 games through the first three.
And yet, Davis is already the owner of the richest contract in league history: a five-year, $145 million extension that doesn't kick in until the start of the 2016-17 season.
That deal beats out the $136 million sum for which Kobe Bryant re-signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004. Throw in the disparity in length between the two deals—Bryant inked for seven years, back when that was still legal under the collective bargaining agreement—and the tables tilt even further in Davis' favor by comparison:
In some respects, it's crazy that a kid who's played three years of pro ball and hasn't yet won a single playoff game has already locked down a more lucrative deal than did a 25-year-old Bryant, who already had three championship rings on his fingers. Nine-figure contracts like Davis' were usually reserved for elite veterans in their primes, not precocious kids still shy of theirs.
Then ...
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