Deron Williams to Nets

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Originally Posted by dalakhani

The third player in the NBA draft makes 3.3 million dollars this year, 3.5 the following and then 3.8.

High draft picks in basketball are better than high draft picks in the NFL in a lot of ways but importantly because the salary scale for rookies in the NBA is much less than in the NFL.

Those numbers are not accurate.
Favors contract is:
10/11-4133280
11/12-4443360
12/13-4753320*(team option)
13/14-6008006*(team option)
14/15-7882663*(qualifying offer)

That is a 27 million dollar commitment and I believe the way the salary cap works unless you renounce his rights you still get a cap hit even if you dont pick up the option.

The advantage that NFL teams have over NBA teams is they usually have 3 or 4 years worth of information on a player. For the top 10 picks the NBA scale is better but the odds of a late first rounder making a contribution are pretty slim and yet you still have to pay them for 3 years. 2nd round NBA players get a 2 year deal (if they make the team) for peanuts but are FA's in year 3. That is going to cost the Knicks with Fields who will be asking for a whole lot more than the 470k he makes this year or the 700k he makes next year.

Draft picks in basketball are less valuable because so few impact players are drafted.