The 10 Strangest "Contract Clauses" in NBA History

From getting paid to lose weight to getting paid to win MVP, even if you have no chance of winning it, NBA

contract

s have always had some

clauses

that are a little strange or unrealistic, for the most part,

contract

s of the NBA are pretty standard, I mean, sometimes you get bonuses if you perform well, other times you get bonuses for taking your team to the playoffs, but for these contract

clauses

I'm going to talk about them being pretty fun or out of the ordinary. common, how are you doing friends, my name is andy and today in this video.

Let's take a look at 10 NBA players who have had some strange clauses in their contracts without further ado. Let's get started too, if you enjoyed the video make sure to subscribe, apparently over 60 of my viewers don't but hey if you like the content please leave a caption or a like and thank you so much for the support number 10, Glenn Davis . Now it's not too uncommon to see players with weight clauses in their contracts, especially for guys who are on the heavier end, it gives them an incentive to lose weight so they can make more money for glen davis, although it was a bit extreme in the 2009 offseason, the Celtics signed him to a 2-year, $6 million contract.

In that contract there were several weight clauses, if Davis met that criteria, he would be paid an additional $500,000 for each threshold he met, although we don't know the exact weight thresholds he had to meet, we do know that he weighed over 300 pounds. during his first days in Boston. Fortunately, it seems to have worked, he continued to enter. Better shape later in his career, Davis lost a tremendous amount of weight a few years later with the Orlando Magic Davis came out in 8th grade Yes, it really is the lightest I've been since 8th grade This time it's consistent, there have been times when the ones I've lost a lot of weight but gained it back right away, but as far as consistently staying at this weight and staying down, it's been since 8th grade when I was this skinny, I guess the weight clauses were a good thing after all , number nine, Tony Batea.

Bati was a journeyman who played for six different teams throughout his NBA career and by 2009 his career was practically over, he was barely a benchwarmer at the time and would eventually retire a few years later, however, that It didn't stop the new shirt. The Nets prevented him from giving him any additional bonus opportunities, the problem is that there was no way for him to qualify to fulfill any of them. The first clause was that if Bati played at least 50 games per season and averaged 8 rebounds per game, he would get 100,000. bonus which seemed very out of reach considering he only played 15 games that season with an average of only 1, 5 rebounds per game.

The second clause was that if he played in more than 50 games and his team made the playoffs, he would get another 100,000 that didn't work out. because the Nets finished the season with a record of 12 and 70, so yeah, the worst record in the entire league that season. The third clause was that he would get another 100,000 if he averaged at least five free throws per game, considering he never even averaged. two free throws per game in any season of his career, that is also quite ridiculous, as expected, he did not come close to fulfilling a single clause in his contract number 8, rafer austin skipped my lou, a player that many of you still recognize through the years that it was developed.

His own unique playing style at times makes him a very exciting point guard to watch; However, in 2004, after having a season with a modest average of 10 points, four assists and 38 shots, he signed a contract that included a clause that would pay him a large bonus if he made the all-star team - 325,000 to be exact. , that's huge for him, it would have been like a 10 bonus to his salary, even though he had some solid seasons in Houston and Toronto, there was no way he was going to the All-Star Game. team at best was a decent starting point guard this clause was too unlikely to happen number 7 luke ridnauer talking about unlikely to happen luke ridnauer apparently had a clause in his contract in seattle that would have given him a 1.5 million bonus of dollars if he had won the defensive player of the year, seriously, Luke Ridnauer, the defensive player of the year, has a better chance of winning the lottery, in fact, he probably has a better chance of winning the lottery.

I don't think anyone has ever talked about Ridenour being a capable defensive player. I mean, sometimes he was okay, but he wasn't anything special. I don't think this needs to be said, but he was never part of an exclusively defensive team, as you've probably already guessed. However, it was actually he himself who negotiated this clause for his contract. 1.5 million is a huge bonus, about 25% of his annual salary in Seattle. However, the Sonics knew that he would not win the defensive player of the year award, so they agreed to include this clause in the contract knowing that he would never receive the $1.5 million bonus.

Anyway, hey, at least Ridenauer had faith in himself, at least he believed in himself, that's all that matters. Number six, Nick Collison, is even more ridiculous than Ridenour's claws. Nick Hollison had a clause in his contract that would give him 100,000 if he won the MVP, yes, you heard that. That Nick Collison, a bench player for most of his NBA career, had this clause in his contract to give him credit. We don't know when this clause was added to his contract. If it was early in his career, it makes sense that Collison was a spectacular player in college and high school, he was first team All-American, Big 12 Player of the Year, and NABC Player of the Year, so which was well recognized even when the 12th pick in the draft, Collison's agent negotiated this MVP clause in his contract in the hope of having a small chance of becoming a superstar, it did not happen, but at the end of his career he became into a highly respected player and even had his shirt retired in okc number five, a donald foyle, a guy who spent most of it.

From his time as a backup center for the Warriors during a period where the team was absolute garbage, Foyle was nothing more than a role player and yet he had two separate clauses in his contract that made no sense, similar to what Nick Collison Foyle had. mvp clause if he won the mvp he would receive a 500,000 bonus but even worse he had another clause for the mvp finals if he won the mvp finals he would receive another 500 grand on top of the fact that he had no chance of winning them. winning the mvp final suggests that the warriors would reach the final except that in 9 of his 10 seasons in golden state the team did not even make the playoffs number 4 baron davis despite his flaws b dizzle was an exceptional player in his prime Throughout his career he has earned approximately 150 million, however, there were times when Davis played on some horrendous teams, one of which was the clippers before the arrival of blake griffin and chris paul, they were one of the worst teams of the league, Davis signed with them in 2008 and it was a hefty contract, they were desperate to add any kind of talent to the roster, so desperate that they even offered Davis a $1 million bonus if he took the team to at least 30 wins in the season.

I mean, it's sad, 30 wins. all it takes just shows how low the expectations were for him, unfortunately, davis barely failed in the 2009-10 season, the clippers won 29 games and barely failed, but at that time davis wasn't even the best player on the team anymore . fell drastically number 3 bill walton this is an old but memorable story, anyway in the 1980s walton was going through a lot of injuries, mainly foot problems, although he signed a major contract with the clippers, but the details They were OK. a wide range of different clauses, the first being if the Clippers didn't make the playoffs.

Walton had the option to opt out of his contract and leave the team, so they never made the playoffs in any year he was there, but Walton still stayed because he liked living. There, the second clause was that if the Clippers somehow made it to the NBA Finals, Walton could have earned an additional 1 million bonus if that had never happened, they didn't even make the playoffs during his entire time there, so The next clause was the

strangest

of all that Walton requested. the clippers give him tickets to see bruce springsteen he requested 56 tickets to his concerts within the organization it was known as the bruce springsteen clause not sure if the clippers fulfilled it but it angered them at that point in walton's career that He was struggling to even stay on the court due to injuries, so applying for all these incentives bothered them number 2 magic johnson magic johnson had an incredible rookie season most fans know what he did helped the lakers win the 1980 championship with him starting at center instead of Kareem, however, after his rookie year during the offseason, Johnson signed a 25-year contract worth $25 million at the time, it was the most lucrative deal that any professional basketball player had ever signed, yet it was actually a 25-year contract, there is no player in NBA

history

who has played that many years.

Johnson just wanted to secure the money, but at the same time the NBA greatly increased his influence for decades to come. The salary started to increase, so he probably could have gotten a lot more money. On the way to the Lakers' credit, they gave him additional money, although he received bonuses every year, even after he was diagnosed with HIV, the Lakers still signed him to a 20 million dollar contract, just as a nice gesture to thank you for all your contributions. all the money he brought to the franchise and finally at number 1 michael jordan ah, the old love clause for the game we heard mj talk about this during his hall of fame speech basically this clause allowed mj to play basketball whenever and wherever I wanted.

Most players have certain restrictions in their contracts, such as they are not allowed to play basketball for the Olympic team or they cannot go to play in a foreign country or they cannot play in random exhibitions during the summer unless they get permission to Teams do this because they don't want their players to be at risk of injury, but for MJ he had none of these restrictions, the love of the game clause allowed him to play any time he wanted, even if he was injured or had pain in his back. the body, but mj could do whatever he wanted also during the short time that jordan retired to play baseball the owner jerry reinsdorf owned the chicago bulls he owned the chicago white sox and he owned the birmingham barons his league affiliate minors so jordan played for them and continued to collect his nba salary while playing baseball that's cool anyway that's it folks that was 10 times in nba

history

where players had some clauses in your contracts, let me know any other time you can think of which one.

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