Portland Trail Blazers may enter LeBron sweepstakes

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    Actually, it's $5.12M more money over five years, but I get your point. The major money difference is in the 6th year. Still, having the assurance of $28M for that 6th year is a pretty nice comfort. In reality, I'd expect that his contract will include a player option after 4 years and he'll go looking for another max contract. Still, if the worst should happen, having those remaining years of guaranteed money is worth a lot to a player.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    You're not getting it. Lebron decided to take one less year of guaranteed money than he could have gotten if he'd gone for the full four years with a player option for a fifth. In other words, he left money on the table before in terms of full years, what's to say he won't do so again?
     
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    can't compound the raises. CBA calls for the raises to be 10.5% of the first year salary. so if you had a 10M first-year contract, the raise would be 1.05M per year, so you'd go 10, 11.05, 12.1, 13.15, 14.2, 15.25
     
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