Top 5 of the most deceptive clauses in the NBA: Teams spend hundreds of millions to support idle workers, while players only receive 250,000 for 8 million

Old fans all know that there are pitfalls hidden in NBA contracts that are even more disgusting than referee blackmails - some clauses allow teams to spend hundreds of millions to support a "vacation blogger", and some treat players like monkeys, and the actual 8 million contract is not even a fraction of it. Today, let’s tear off the fig leaf of these terms and see who is the real “king of cheating”.

The first thing to bear the brunt must be the "false maximum salary trap clause", the representative of which is Bradley Beal's five-year, 251 million contract. In order to form the Big Three, the Suns not only accepted this astronomical figure, but also obediently added the "trade veto power" - as a result, Bill only played 19 games a season before suffering a knee injury and was unable to play for 12 months. What's even more incredible is the veto power. The Suns can't get rid of the blame even if they want. The Big Three account for 150 million in salary, and the luxury tax is exploding, but they can't even touch the play-offs. Durant was so regretful that his intestines were green: He thought he was going to win the championship, but he turned out to be a "billion-dollar injured care worker."

Even more absurd than this is the "injury blind box clause". The case of Joakim Noah is a classic. In 2016, the Knicks knew that he had undergone five surgeries on both knees and paid him $72 million over four years just because the team doctor patted his chest and said he would "recover 80%." As a result, Noah's win-loss value was -0.3, which was at the bottom of the team, and the salary space was stuck. What's even more ironic is that the Knicks bought him out and paid him in installments until 2022, spending a total of 54.38 million. Noah turned around and went to the Grizzlies with a basic salary to rejuvenate, and later won the championship with the Clippers - New York used a huge amount of money to raise a championship puzzle for its opponent.

The team deserves to be cheated, but the "incentive scam clause" is cheating the players. Yi Jianlian's experience still makes Chinese fans unhappy. The "8 million contract" given by the Lakers in 2016 looked glamorous, but in fact only 250,000 was a guaranteed salary, and the remaining 6.86 million was paid after playing 59 games. As a result, the UAE only averaged 10.7 minutes per game in the preseason and had no chance to trigger bonuses. After 63 days of termination, they only received 250,000, which is less than 4,000 US dollars in daily salary. This operation of the Lakers takes the "empty wolf" to the extreme: if they play well, they will make blood, but if they play poorly, the cost of layoffs will be only 250,000. It is simply bullying.

There is also the "victim clause of management infighting", and Ruel Deng became the victim of the situation. In 2016, the Lakers deliberately signed Buss for 4 years and 72 million before stepping down, just to disgust Aunt Jenny who took over. As a result, "British Jordan" only averaged 7.6 points per game, and was directly shelved the next year. The Lakers used the extension clause to waive him, and the balance was not paid until 2022. The US media did some calculations: Deng spent 470,000 US dollars for every point he scored, 20 times more than James. This was not a player signing, but a financial bomb for the team.

The most ridiculous thing is the "whimsical incentive clause". Adonal Foyle's contract can make people look stupid. There is actually a clause in his contract that "receives an MVP award of 500,000 yuan and a FMVP award of 500,000 yuan." However, this guy has only made the playoffs three times in his career and has never even been on the All-Star team. Similarly, Luke Ridnour's contract required a Defensive Player of the Year award of 1.5 million. As a result, his defense was so poor that he never saw the money until he retired. It can only be said that the management who set the terms back then probably wrote them after drinking too much.