I never had seen it until just now. I took comments here about rookie salaries for granted as I wasn't knowledgeable of the rookie salary calculator.
Here it is...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2016/06/2016-nba-rookie-salaries-contracts-first-round-picks.html
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I was surprised at how top-heavy the money is for rookies. The salary difference per slot in the later picks of the 1st round are stepped by less than two hundred thousand dollars. By the time you get to picks 8 and 9, there is a $1,000,000 slot difference in contract value.
If you are the #12 pick, the four year contract value is $10.7 million. If you are the #3 pick, the four year contract value is $21.4 million.
The rationale often used why Williams should go pro is because he'll lose a year of NBA earnings. But it appears that if a player moves from the #12 pick to the #8 pick, he'll "pay" for that year.
So I think it's compelling that financially (if you take out the risk of injury), it is advantageous to stay if you feel you can raise your draft stock from #12 to #8. And if you think you can get to #5, that's a net positive of $4.5 million. If you think you can get to #3, that's a net positive of $8.5 million, and the net positive of being the overall #1 pick is $13.7 million.
But there is a risk element and other factors involved so it isn't a slam dunk just to look at net financials, but these numbers do suggest it's a more difficult decision than previously portrayed by some for a high ceiling prospect that does have the potential to be a Top 1-5 pick.
I'm curious how others interpret this data.
Here it is...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2016/06/2016-nba-rookie-salaries-contracts-first-round-picks.html
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I was surprised at how top-heavy the money is for rookies. The salary difference per slot in the later picks of the 1st round are stepped by less than two hundred thousand dollars. By the time you get to picks 8 and 9, there is a $1,000,000 slot difference in contract value.
If you are the #12 pick, the four year contract value is $10.7 million. If you are the #3 pick, the four year contract value is $21.4 million.
The rationale often used why Williams should go pro is because he'll lose a year of NBA earnings. But it appears that if a player moves from the #12 pick to the #8 pick, he'll "pay" for that year.
So I think it's compelling that financially (if you take out the risk of injury), it is advantageous to stay if you feel you can raise your draft stock from #12 to #8. And if you think you can get to #5, that's a net positive of $4.5 million. If you think you can get to #3, that's a net positive of $8.5 million, and the net positive of being the overall #1 pick is $13.7 million.
But there is a risk element and other factors involved so it isn't a slam dunk just to look at net financials, but these numbers do suggest it's a more difficult decision than previously portrayed by some for a high ceiling prospect that does have the potential to be a Top 1-5 pick.
I'm curious how others interpret this data.