How come the NBA doesn't have more "Incentive" based contracts like the NFL?

[HiphopRelated]

have you looked at the top 10 highest paid players in the league??


NBAPA stance is a short-term view. In the long term NBA would have greatly benefited from same type of salary structure as the NFL. more competition = more ratings and more money eventually

you have to be joking

What does being ass raped long and short term have to do with being good for players?

 

[beenz]

Actually, given the fukked up cap situation in the NBA, these guarunteed contracts are really fukking over a lot of teams.

 

[Juven]

there's a reason why the NFL is the most popular sport...it sucks for the players at the bottom of rosters when compared to other sports...but as a fan its what makes it interesting every year.

The stars in the NFL see a lot of guaranteed money. But what makes the league awesome is the cap and the draft....two things that really hinder guys making their true market worth.

why is the cap awesome?

 

[Trip]

why is the cap awesome?

Because it keeps the sport competitive and allows parity.

No one team can spend more than another. Solid management is rewarded in the NFL while in the MLB you can throw money at problems.

It sucks for the bottom of roster players and guys looking for second deals...but for the fans it keeps you interested every year.

 

[Juven]

Because it keeps the sport competitive and allows parity.

No one team can spend more than another. Solid management is rewarded in the NFL while in the MLB you can throw money at problems.

It sucks for the bottom of roster players and guys looking for second deals...but for the fans it keeps you interested every year.

it does but you have cheap ass teams like the bucs and cardinals that are always under the cap, so its not always competitive. It should go both ways. They should have a number on how much a team has to spend if they have a cap.

 

[Trip]

it does but you have cheap ass teams like the bucs and cardinals that are always under the cap, so its not always competitive. It should go both ways. They should set a limit on how much a team has to spend if they have a cap.

cant argue with you there

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Because it keeps the sport competitive and allows parity.

No one team can spend more than another. Solid management is rewarded in the NFL while in the MLB you can throw money at problems.

It sucks for the bottom of roster players and guys looking for second deals...but for the fans it keeps you interested every year.

And yet the MLB has had as much parity as any other sport

Caps are only good for owners and stupid people that dont know any better

 

[Trip]

And yet the MLB has had as much parity as any other sport

Caps are only good for owners and stupid people that dont know any better

you know there are clear haves and have nots in baseball....

 

[who_better_than_me]

Contract are incentive baed. All you have to do is research the issue.

For Example

Cavaliers offered hustle player Anderson Varejao to a six-year, $50 million dollar contract: "WTF are you doing Danny Ferry? Are you drunk?." Rightfully so. On the surface, that contract appears to pay Varejao an average of $8.3 million a year for six whole years. A bit much? Further investigation shows us that these "incentives" exist in his contract, but what does that matter, the guy signed for $50 million!

Mario Chalmers got an "extra" $25,000 for showing up to training camp in good shape and participating throughout.

The NBA has stupid incentives.

$1.5 million dollar bonus for Luke Ridnour if he won Defensive Player of the Year.
$500,000 for Nick Collison if he won the League MVP!
$500,00 for Adonyle Foyle if would of won Finals MVP!


Almost every player have an all-star appearance incentive in the contract.

Kirk Hinrich had an incentive that pays more based on how many playooffs games he Starts in

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

you know there are clear haves and have nots in baseball....

Which have nothing to do with results..Look at how consisten the Rays have been..or the Twins before them

They drafted greatly and are rewarded for it..in the nfl if you draft too well you get penalized and lose players you found to other teams because of the dumb cap

Plus all a cap brigns is medicortiy disguised as parity..youll never see truly all time great teams anymore because of it..now highly flawed teams win it all

 

[Trip]

Which have nothing to do with results..Look at how consisten the Rays have been..or the Twins before them

They drafted greatly and are rewarded for it..in the nfl if you draft too well you get penalized and lose players you found to other teams because of the dumb cap

Plus all a cap brigns is medicortiy disguised as parity..youll never see truly all time great teams anymore because of it..now highly flawed teams win it all

good points.

 

[tremonthustler1]

not at all.

Do you want a have's vs have nots like in baseball?

The NFL revenue is through the tv contracts and that's distributed evenly.

That's become more and more outdated though. Other than Tampa Bay and Oakland -- two teams whose revenue issues are directly tied to their stadium-- now more teams are locking up their players and offering big time contracts.

 

[who_better_than_me]

Some more

Matt Bonner of the Spurs gets $100,000 if the sum of his field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and his 3-point percentage matches or exceeds 169 percent. What sabermetric whiz came up with that one?

Baron Davis, for example, gets $1 million just for playing 70 games and leading his team to victory in at least 30 of them.

These are some old ones

Carlos Boozer plays 65 games, averages more than 32 minutes, and finishes in the top 12 in boards (total or average), he gets $333,333. To which we say, the guy is getting $12.6 million, fercryinoutloud, why should his team expect anything less than top 12 in boards?

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Larry Hughes gets a $1.6 million bonus if his team -- whatever team he's on in '09-10 -- wins 55 games or more. Once again: This guy makes $13.6 million base salary. Shouldn't he be expected to lead his team to 55 wins, aside from the fact that he's, you know, mediocre?

Rafer Alston has a base salary of $5.25 million, but he also has some add-ons. If he wins Player of the Week, he'll get $15,000 -- and he can keep winning them and get $15K a pop, with a max of $120,000. If he wins Player of the Month, that's $50,000. And if he makes the All-Star team, he'll earn an additional $325,000.

Tony Battie (base: $6.06M) has some odd incentives. He gets $100,000 if he plays in 50 games AND averages eight rebounds. He pockets another $100,000 if he plays in 50 and averages five free throw attempts per game. And he'll bring home an extra $100,000 if he is just active for 50 games and the team reaches the second round of the playoffs.

 

[23Barrettcity]

Actually, given the fukked up cap situation in the NBA, these guarunteed contracts are really fukking over a lot of teams.

Is that the owners and gms or the players ? Did joe Johnson sign himself ?

Because it keeps the sport competitive and allows parity.

No one team can spend more than another. Solid management is rewarded in the NFL while in the MLB you can throw money at problems.

It sucks for the bottom of roster players and guys looking for second deals...but for the fans it keeps you interested every year.

Please the only thing this does is help ownership in baseball a good drafting team does better than a high paying redsox and dodgers . You can't control markets though New York and la are who they are . Tampa bay finished ahead of the dodgers and redsox revenue streams doesn't equal wins

 

[tremonthustler1]

@beaniemac

the NBA offers incentive laden deals. They offer nonguaranteed deals too. The reason why there aren't more deals like that is because some other team would just guarantee the money to you if it means signing you.