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Saturday, June 29, 2019
In big-money times, NBA teams face biggest risks
Analysis: With
salaries climbing,
free-agents carry
more risk than ever
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
Golden State owner and
CEO Joe Lacob often uses
the same phrase when asked
about how much money
the Warriors are willing
to spend to keep a champi-
onship-contending roster
together.
“Whatever it takes,”
Lacob says.
In the NBA, those words
have never been as weighty.
The summer spending
starts Sunday in the NBA,
with teams and players set to
reach agreements on more
than $2 billion — maybe
even more than $3 billion —
in new deals over the next
few days. It’s a risk-reward
play, one where teams must
dig deeply into their pock-
ets to land the best players
and hope that those mas-
sive fi nancial commitments
don’t end up crippling their
franchise for years.
The Warriors are likely
to offer Kevin Durant a
$221 million, fi ve-year deal
that will come with two big
pills for the team to swallow.
One, he’ll be on a $38 mil-
lion scholarship next sea-
son while he recovers from
Achilles surgery and can-
not play. And two, Durant
would be owed more than
$50 million when his then-
35-year-old self plays the
fi nal year of that contract.
Not to mention, the War-
riors are expected to commit
$190 million to keep Klay
Thompson — who’ll miss
several months with a knee
injury — for the next fi ve
years. Plus, Stephen Curry
will make an NBA-record
$40 million next season. So
if the Warriors keep Thomp-
son and Durant they’ll be
paying their three best play-
ers about $110 million next
year and two of those guys
are dealing with major
injuries.
“We run a business, so
it’s not being completely fi s-
cally irresponsible,” War-
riors general manager Bob
Myers said of the team’s
approach to spending. “But
every time I’ve went to Joe
and it seems that it’ll ben-
efi t us competitively, he’s
responded affi rmatively and
said ‘OK.’ So there’s never
really been a hard budget, so
to speak.”
That’s not the case with
most teams.
That’s part of the reason
why this free-agent period is
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Rarely relevant at the same time, the Knicks and Nets are front
and center in the free agency race, two of the teams best po-
sitioned to make a splash when the market opens. Both can
aff ord two top players, with hopes of landing not only a Kevin
Durant (above) or Kyrie Irving, but possibly even both.
so intriguing.
The Los Angeles Lakers
are betting their future on
Anthony Davis — he’ll be
offi cially acquired via trade
on July 6 — and general
manager Rob Pelinka’s abil-
ity to land another big-name
free agent to play with Davis
and LeBron James. Brook-
lyn and New York have tons
of money to spend, yet nei-
ther seems to have a clear
vision yet on which players
will actually be getting that
cash. Toronto will be setting
team spending records next
season if it is to keep Kawhi
Leonard and have a chance
for a second straight NBA
title.
Philadelphia has tough
decisions to make about who
to put around Ben Simmons
and Joel Embiid. Houston
spent a ton last year and will
try to land Jimmy Butler in
a sign-and-trade. The Los
Angeles Clippers are likely
to get a meeting with Leon-
ard, and will be looking to
add to their solid core. And
plenty of teams like Denver
and Portland will be looking
to add good complementary
pieces.
“People say it’s about
winning,” Denver general
manager Tim Connelly said
after his team won 54 regu-
lar-season games and went
to the Western Conference
semifi nals this past sea-
son. “If it’s about winning, I
don’t know how we’re not 1,
2 or 3 with a bullet.”
Fact is, the dynamics of
everything have changed so
much in recent years with
salaries soaring.
Kobe Bryant was the
highest-paid NBA player in
the 2015-16 season, pock-
eting $25 million from the
Los Angeles Lakers in what
was his fi nal year before
retirement.
That was barely three
years ago. In the NBA now,
that’s almost chump change.
In 2022-23, three players
— James Harden, Russell
Westbrook and John Wall
— will have the option of
COACHES
CHALLENGE
Its likely NBA coaches will
be challenging one call
per game next season.
The league told teams
Friday that, pending
expected approval by
the board of governors
on July 9, coaches may
challenge a personal foul
charged to their team,
a called out-of-bounds
violation, a goaltending
violation or a basket-in-
terference violation.
No other call may be
challenged.
— Associated Press
making $47 million for that
season alone. Spoiler alert:
They’re all going to opt in
to those deals, because no
one could pass up a chance
to make $12,000 a minute
for an entire regular season.
And Wall’s contract, com-
bined with his injury issues
that kept him off the court
for much of last season and
may sideline him for the
entirety of 2019-20 as well,
will undoubtedly serve as
a cautionary tale for some
clubs.
Plus, there’s no guarantee
the huge deals pay huge div-
idends. Or any.
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