A scam of 250 million max salary! The Homgren contract does not include incremental terms, Thunder saves 10.1 million

For the Oklahoma City Thunder, the theme of this year's offseason is to maintain the continuity of the existing lineup and expand the championship-level lineup to the dynasty level. To achieve this goal, the Thunder need to retain Thunder's new third youngster Shea Gilgios Alexander, Jaylen Williams and Chet Homegren for a long time. The Thunder have signed maximum salary renewal contracts with these three players this offseason. According to ESPN's ace reporter Shams Charania, Homgren received a maximum salary renewal contract worth $250 million for five years.

, and Zach Lowe, a well-known NBA journalist, talked about the impact of these contract renewals on his podcast "Zach Lowe Show", especially about Homegren. Loway said on the show: "I think Holmgren is now just touching the surface of his offensive talent, and his potential is unlimited. By the way, I heard from people who have seen the contract that Holmgren's contract is just a maximum salary contract with a starting salary of 25% of the salary cap. As far as I know, there are no incremental terms and no similar incentive clauses. I think Jaylen Williams will have incremental (in fact, there are not only incremental terms in Jaylenway's contract, but also the Rose clause, that is, to be selected next season. The best team, starting salary will change from 25% of the salary cap to 30%. "

This contract details are a big deal for the Thunder, which means that although Homegren did nominally sign a maximum salary renewal contract that accounts for 25% of the salary cap cap, the fact that there are no incremental clauses in the transaction means that the total salary of this contract will not reach the $250 million value that Charania originally reported, and will also save the Thunder about $10.1 million.