297 million in 5 years! The 22-year-old No. 1 pick! Locked in super top salary

Who is the first rookie in 2022 to get a maximum salary to renew your contract? There is no doubt that Magic No. 1 Paul Bankairo. In this year's playoffs, the Magic lost to the Celtics 1-4 and were eliminated in the first round. This summer, Bankairo and Magic will sign a five-year, $247 million early contract renewal, up to $297 million in five years. Will the magic of

will definitely give Ben Kairo the maximum salary? certainly! I don’t know if you remember that in the summer of 2024, Magic renewed his contract with Wagner Jr. for 5 years for $224 million, up to $269 million for 5 years. Wagner Jr. and Ben Keiro both designated rookies for renewal in advance, and the total contract amount is also increasing due to the sharp increase in salary caps.

Wagner Jr. received a maximum salary to renew his contract. What reason does Magic have to refuse Ben Kairo? Since the 2010-11 season, the Magic have kept their salary under the luxury tax line for 14 consecutive years. But with the big contract between Wagner Jr. and Sargers (5 years and $150 million) coming to an end, the Magic will pay a luxury tax next season.

If the Magic aims to play the playoffs and even want to go further, it is reasonable to pay luxury taxes, and it is impossible to always be careful. But then again, Wagner Jr. + Sargos + Ban Keiro, the total contract amount of the three people will exceed US$600 million. If it cannot break through the first round, the Magic will inevitably break up this combination.

Bankero is currently a four-year, $50 million rookie contract, expires in the summer of 2026, with a salary of $15.33 million next season. In this year's playoffs, Ban Kairo averaged 39.4 minutes per game, scoring 29.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.8 blocks and 3 turnovers, with three shooting percentages: 43.5%, 44.4%, 65.9%.

Bankero's 29.4 points this year became the highest average score per game in a single series in the history of the Magic since McGrady (31.7 points). The cornerstone of team building that Magic has been looking for over the years is Ban Kairo. Celtics player Jaylen Brown said: "Bankero is the life source of the Magic and his future is bright."

Bankero was born on November 12, 2002, and he is less than 23 years old. In the 2022 NBA Draft, Ben Keiro was selected by the Magic in the first pick. The second place in that class was Homegren and Jabbarry Smith Jr. Judging from the current performance, there is a gap between the latter two followers Kairo and neither can get the maximum salary to renew the contract.

This year's playoffs, Homegren played 4 games in the Thunder, averaging 29 minutes per game, scoring 18.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.8 steals, 2.8 blocks, and 0.8 turnovers. The three shooting percentages are: 44%, 42.3%, 86.4%. He averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.2 blocks per game in the regular season, and shot from three events: 49%, 37.9%, and 75.4%.

Jabbarri Smith played 5 playoffs, averaging 22.4 minutes per game, scoring only 8.2 points, 4 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.2 steals and 1 block, with three shooting percentages: 52%, 43.8%, 80%. The regular season averaged 12.2 points, 7 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.7 blocks, with three shooting percentages: 43.8%, 35.4%, and 82.5%. 4 rookies in the 2021 class received maximum salary contracts, and only Ban Kairo and Javier may be able to do it in the 2022 class. In the past ten years, which rookie do you think has the highest success rate?