Deyonta Davis signs record deal for 2nd rounder

[saltlover]

He signed for 3 years, $4 million, all guaranteed, which according to Yahoo is a) the record for a 2nd rounder who didn't go to Europe first, and b) higher than the slot value for the 16th pick.  I'm not surprised by this, and said on draft night that he'd get paid a lot.  In prior years, the early 2nd round picks were great deals because they had no slot value.  In the past couple years, this has not necessarily been the case.  Jordan Mickey at 33 got paid more than RJ Hunter at 28.  And this year, with Davis commanding more than Yab could potentially get, it really makes sense we traded out of the pick.

I fully expect slotted deals for 2nd rounders with any new CBA. 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--deyonta-davis--grizzlies-agree-to-three-year---4m-guaranteed-deal-185306456.html

[Ilikesports17]

Isnt this a product of the rookie scale laggin behind the market? when they adjust the rookie scale wont the problem solve itself.

[PhoSita]

That right there is why Danny traded that pick.

[saltlover]

Isnt this a product of the rookie scale laggin behind the market? when they adjust the rookie scale wont the problem solve itself.

It's in part a question of by how much is the scale adjusted.  For example, the first round pick this year has a slot value a shade under $5 million and will be paid just under $6 million with the 120% rule.  If the slot rises proportionally in the next CBA to how the cap has risen, the number 1 pick would get over $9 million for his max.  Are teams going to be willing to pay a rookie, even the #1 pick, $9 million in year one and $40 .7 million over four years?  Are current players (i.e. union members) going to be willing to fight for future draftees' pay scales, when it will a) take money out of their pocket, and b) mean that a draftee could get a deal with an average 8 figure salary without having stepped on the court?

My money says no.  I think rookie deals might rise a little, but not proportional to the cap, and that second rounders will have a slot value.

[Beat LA]

Why would you ever give someone with no work ethic any kind of 'record deal'?  Until it came out that Davis had plantar fasciitis, I was operating under the assumption that gms had finally learned to pass on guys who don't work hard, regardless of perceived 'upside', buuuuuuuut I guess I was wrong.  Welp .

[Roy H.]

In a league where Garett Temple and Solomon Hill signed large contracts, paying Davis $1.33 million per year to retain his Bird rights is peanuts. Rookies are woefully underpaid.