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The second is Williamson’s current contract and the leverage New Orleans loses if an extension is signed. Williamson’s $39.4 million contract ($7.9 million protected) for next season is guaranteed July 15. The following two seasons ($42.2 million and $44.9 million) remain non-guaranteed. If Williamson does sign a two-year $128.4 million extension, his original contract will … [Read more...] about
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Shamit Dua: I’ve just been texting random executives across the league. This is speculation, right? This is not them saying this is what we would do. This is just them guessing, right? I was like this is straight off asking people like would anyone touch Zion with a 10-foot pole? And there seems to be this general idea of like you kind of saw it with with like Derrick Rose and … [Read more...] about Teams likely to offer bad contracts and no picks for Zion Williamson?
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“The published response by Mr. Williamson’s attorney contains a number of misrepresentations, but this is not the time to conduct that debate,” says co-counsel Sam E. Taylor, also with The Lanier Law Firm. “We have every intent to take this matter to trial, openly hold Mr. Williamson accountable and send a message that no one is above the law… Each of these claims is supported … [Read more...] about
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Shamit Dua: Roughly $7.9 Million of Zion’s contract is guaranteed next season if he is waived before 7/15. He hit his weight benchmarks. This means if the Pelicans waive him, they won’t really have functional cap space. Which is whatever, they can still act as an “above the cap” team and retain the full 14M NTMLE and their trade exception from this past year. … [Read more...] about
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A Pelicans spokesperson deferred comment to Williamson’s legal team. … [Read more...] about