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posted 03-19-2016 03:04 PM
You’re not expected to feel sympathy for Anthony Davis here.
One way or another, the New Orleans Pelicans forward is about to be a wealthy — well, wealthier — man. Whether or not he makes one of the three postseason All-NBA teams voted on by the media, the contract extension Davis signed last offseason will pay him no less than $125 million.
“A hundred and 25 million’s still a lot of money,” Davis said Friday before his team’s home game against the Portland Trail Blazers. “It’s a lot of damn money.”
But it could be a lot more.
If Davis is elected to an All-NBA team, his contract will be subject to the so-called “Rose Rule” — named for Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose — that would allow Davis’ salary to take up 30 percent of the Pelicans’ salary cap as opposed to 25 percent.
Over the life of his five-year contract extension, that equates to about $23 million, which is nothing to scoff at.
“It’s a contract,” Davis said. “They give that out for (entire) contracts.”
To qualify for the Rose Rule, a player must, while under his rookie contract, win at least one MVP, be voted an All-Star starter at least twice or make the first-, second- or third-team All-NBA twice.
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