4 years, 82.5 million for Kevin Porter, Jr. Only 1st year is fully guaranteed
Not sure I understand. Is this basically a 1 year deal with 3 years of team options? This is a pretty team friendly deal, especially if there is no player protection against injury. It is one thing if he doesn't play well and they don't pick up the next year but what if he gets injured? There has to be something in the contract to address injury.
Spotrac lists the following years as "non-guaranteed". That could be different than "not fully guaranteed". Details will follow I guess.
Obviously there's some confusion about this deal, but it could work a number of ways, but all hinging on the non-guaranteed rules. For salary owed beyond the first year, there is either a single date or a series of dates by which he could be released without the rest of the contract being owed. We see this most commonly with rookie deals for second round picks, where often the first year is guaranteed, but years 2-4 are either non-guaranteed or partially guaranteed. Most times the guarantee dates are timed around the beginning of free agency (June 30, July 1st, maybe July 10-15 sometimes) so that a released player can get a new deal if his contract isn't picked up. Sometimes there are weirder dates -- I remember a few years ago someone had a weird guarantee for the following season in early April, so the team had to decide heading into the playoffs whether to keep him on the roster and also owe him money for next year, or to let him go and save on next year's payroll. I don't remember what they chose. Typically for larger multi-year deals the non-guaranteed years guarantee before every season, but technically they could have a single guarantee date for all three of the final years, or multiple guarantee dates within each season. For example, Luke Kornet was guaranteed at $300k in August, half his salary tomorrow, and the full amount in early January. They could do something like this every season. Alternatively, year 1 could be fully guaranteed, and years 2-4 all guarantee at once on July 1, 2024, making the deal essentially a 1-year deal with a 3-year team option.
