Still absurd.
1st Year Salary
4th Year Option: Percentage Increased Over 3rd Year Salary
1 $4,919,300 26.1%
2 $4,401,400 26.2%
3 $3,952,500 26.4%
4 $3,563,600 26.5%
So if you as a player would rather tell team 1 that is close to competing for a championship you don't want to play for them because you would rather play for Sacramento say who is picking 4 you lose in year 1 1.4 million. You will be in a perennial losing situation with bad management and maybe be angry all the time (see Demarcus Cousins) but you are now in a smaller market with less advertising opportunities, but the real bonus you have is you start and play 35 minutes a game for a loser which now you have become also rather than working for your minutes in a winning situation in a better market with better fans and more exposure?
See IT4 for what a difference it is to play in a winning environment with more exposure and he wasn't exactly getting big minutes on bad teams but look at him now.