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AbeVigodaLive wrote:Went from $28M to $16M at the beginning of his 2004 deal.
Went from $24M to $16M at the beginning of his 2009 deal.
Even went from $21M to $11M at the beginning of the 2012 deal... but that one shouldn't be treated the same.

In any case... he made $335M+ in his carerer... just off his salaries. How much more in shoe deals and other endorsements?

:-o

Gotcha thanks. Like you said it's all relative. He coulda got more even though he still got plenty on all those deals. He still got plenty but I'll take back saying he always got his...relatively speaking. Thanks.

wasn't the 2004 "paycut" inevitable because we paid him so much the contract before that it casued a lockout and set caps on salaries?

BloopOracle wrote:wasn't the 2004 "paycut" inevitable because we paid him so much the contract before that it casued a lockout and set caps on salaries?

Maybe. But I'm almost positive he didn't sign for the max... even though he was a max guy coming off an MVP. Heck, here's an article from 2012 praising him for taking a paycut on that deal... so maybe it's a legit 3x paycut for the guy.

http://nesn.com/2012/06/kevin-garnett-reaffirms-team-first-reputation-with-considerable-pay-cut-in-reported-deal-with-celtic/

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:wasn't the 2004 "paycut" inevitable because we paid him so much the contract before that it casued a lockout and set caps on salaries?

Maybe. But I'm almost positive he didn't sign for the max... even though he was a max guy coming off an MVP. Heck, here's an article from 2012 praising him for taking a paycut on that deal... so maybe it's a legit 3x paycut for the guy.

http://nesn.com/2012/06/kevin-garnett-reaffirms-team-first-reputation-with-considerable-pay-cut-in-reported-deal-with-celtic/

I'd be curious to see KGs salaries per year compared to guys like Kobe Duncan etc.

Next Tuesday they are revealing the new G-league team identity.*

http://iowa.dleague.nba.com/news/energy-hosting-press-conference-unveil-new-team-identity/

*G-league sounds dumb but I guess D-league was kinda dumb too.