There are pretty compelling arguments for both sides in the other thread; however, if the G-League started to take on more of a MLB minor league system look, I would without hesitation choose option #1 since all teams would be on the same footing of drafting and bringing up players when they felt they were ready.
Why don't you think teams are on the same footing now? All teams can decide when, where and how to play their young players.
I was specifically speaking to the Rookie of the Year award in reference to injured future superstars - like Simmons/Griffin. Of course teams can decide to send a player to the G-League for the entire season if they so choose (obviously most teams would rather play their high draft pick) so I guess it doesn't really effect them; however, a player like Simmons stands to make a lot of money if he wins the award. This might be considered 'unfair' to a player like Mitchell who didn't have the same advantages Simmons did.
How does Simmons, or anyone, make a lot of money from winning ROY? He's on a rookie scale contract. His NBA salary is set.
For somone that follows the 76ers as close as you I am honestly pretty shocked you don't know this. He has a huge bonus in one of his endorsements for winning it. Most 76ers fans suspect it is part of the reason he didn't play the last month of last season when he was fully healthy (that and tanking).
I have little interest in endorsements or sneaker deals. Have you actually seen any actual reporting on that huge endorsement bonus or is it just fan rumors? Bringing Simmons back late last season after Embiid was lost for the season would have been a stupid move by the Sixers.
yea its not speculation. He really has the clause
https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2016/06/08/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Simmons-Nike.aspx
Tazz I don't disagree with you that it wasn't beneficial for the 76ers do it last year. I do object to people just making up reasons for why it happened when there are a lot of different possibilities (and all of them probably played a role).
Assuming that article is accurate, we know that if there is a bonus with Nike it is no more than 1 million dollars because the Nike incentives were less than Adidas and the Adidas bonus was 1 million dollars with a rollover (and his Nike deal clearly doesn't have the rollover portion). The article you posted as well as the yahoo story it quotes, don't actually confirm he has any bonus in his Nike contract related to the R.O.Y. award, though. The numbers they use are clearly related to the Adidas contract he turned down, but even assuming there is a million dollar bonus, which isn't chump change, it isn't exactly this gigantic bonus that people have been making it out to be either.
What is made clear is that Ben Simmons turned down a lot more money from Adidas to sign with Nike, which sort of implies it isn't a money issue for him.
Of course that assumes any of that is accurate, which is always a big assumption. There are other articles which say his Nike contract is worth 20 million and Adidas was offering a similar amount, so who knows what is and is not accurate and what, if any, bonuses are included.
Its pretty commonly accepted that his contract has some sort of Rookie of the Year bonus.
"On June 6, Simmons signed a five-year, guaranteed $20 million contract with Nike, multiple people with direct knowledge of the deal told USA TODAY Sports. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the contract.
The deal also includes bonuses that will push the value above $20 million.
Some bonuses are achievable with solid efforts such as All-Rookie team and Rookie of the Year, and some, such as first-team All-NBA and MVP, are difficult to attain."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2016/06/28/nike-shoe-contract-no-1-pick-ben-simmons/86491236/I really don't get all the mental gymnastics you are going through to try and downplay that Simmons could have played a few games a the end of last season but didn't for a lot of factors including the 76ers tank and his bonus and potential injury risk and nobody has any idea how much each factor played. I'll also add that 1 million dollars is very steep price to play for playing in 6-7 games especially considering he is on a rookie contract. Most player bonuses we see are 200k, 500k for an entire year in different sports. 1 million for 6 or 7 games when the guy makes 6.5 million for the entire season is huge. I'm pretty sure Simmons doesn't just lose a million dollars as a 20 year old and think, meh...I make a lot.