Tex Tech sophomore getting $4MM in NIL to return.
JT Toppin spurns NBA Draft, will return to Texas Tech for purported $4 million in NIL earnings next year
Toppin signaled Wednesday that he he'll back at Texas Tech for his junior seasonwww.cbssports.com
GO RU
1 or 2 million certainly doesn't make you wealthy. NBA money does, unless you piss it away or are in the league for a short time and don't invest properly.
And it is still a major advantage to get to the second contract a year earlier.
When you just look at top 5 picks, that number will jump to 95%.
Is that true? I don’t really follow the NBA so I have no idea. Thats why I asked AI.
Don’t know on the % part, but even if you’re a bust top 5 pick, you’ll generally settle in as a role player at minimum.
Joe Alexander was one of the silliest lottery picks ever.
Pick | 1st Year Salary | 2nd Year Salary | 3rd Year Option Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | $10,474,200 | $10,998,100 | $11,521,700 |
2 | $9,371,400 | $9,840,200 | $10,308,900 |
3 | $8,415,800 | $8,836,300 | $9,257,400 |
4 | $7,587,600 | $7,967,100 | $8,346,600 |
5 | $6,871,100 | $7,214,400 | $7,558,000 |
6 | $6,240,600 | $6,552,700 | $6,864,900 |
7 | $5,697,000 | $5,982,000 | $6,266,600 |
8 | $5,219,100 | $5,480,100 | $5,741,100 |
9 | $4,797,400 | $5,037,500 | $5,277,300 |
10 | $4,557,600 | $4,785,400 | $5,013,000 |
11 | $4,329,600 | $4,546,300 | $4,762,800 |
12 | $4,113,300 | $4,319,100 | $4,524,800 |
13 | $3,907,500 | $4,103,100 | $4,298,400 |
14 | $3,712,400 | $3,898,000 | $4,083,800 |
Yeah I guess it’s more about being in the league vs the monetary value.
So the first three year difference is about nine million dollars between the number 4 pick this year and the number 1 pick next year. Then throw in 2 million from Rutgers. You're just pushing out the big money a year. Hang out another year, play with your best friend, maybe become an all American, maybe make the post season, and get another year of education. You're only a kid once and you'll ultimately make over 100 million in you're career anyway. Have fun with your friends as long as you can. And how much money does a 20 year old really need?
If you are a projected lottery pick you leave…no questions
He's set up for life either way. Be a kid for as long as you can. Nobody on their death bed ever said "I wish I had more money," especially an already millionaire.
You would have to go back to 2017 to find a true bust out of the top 5 picks. Markelle Fultz went 1, and he has been a pretty poor player, but he has had his moments as a double digit scorer, and got to a second contract that paid him $17 million a year. In that same draft, Josh Jackson went third, and he is out of the league. Since then, every player drafted in the top 5 has gone on to have a meaningful career, other than James Wiseman, who has largely been hurt since he was drafted. Just about everyone else is playing 25 minutes+ a game and is a double digit scorer.
Thanks for posting this RUInsanity, those numbers for rookie contracts are quite a bit higher than I thought
It’s why it makes no sense for Flagg, Dylan or Ace to return next year. And those figures don’t include potential endorsement deals.
These are sentiments of a bygone era that have no relevance in today's environment.
I mean - I guess if your being told you would go 7th and you think you could move to 3rd in next years draft it could? But no - not if your sure you are top 3. Makes sense for the TT kid.
There are still a few people who live by those sentiments thankfully.
And you can have plenty of fun with your friends on 2 million dollars, plus they'll be your own age and two doors down the hall, not a thousand miles away.
They want to control as many sports as possible with their never ending oil money.You joke but they are trying.
PIF backing proposed $5bn basketball league
The proposed new basketball league hopes to give top players an alternative to the NBA.www.espn.com
