(07-29-2022 09:42 AM)Basketball Jones Wrote:  Rollins reportedly signing a 3 year $4.8M contract with Warriors, with 1st & 2nd years guaranteed! Great 2nd round contract for a Mid Major Player who obviously the Warriors think very highly of. Rollins obviously got some good advice prior to the draft and made a very wise (financial) decision to come out a year early!

Basketball Jones, I don't argue with you on much, but I'd say it was less good early advice than him making a decision based on the final NBA post combine feedback and projections. After he went through everything they rated him likely to go between 25-45 with zero chance of being undrafted. That's when he confirmed he was staying in the draft. He went at the back end of that range to a team that traded up knowing he was good value at that spot.

obviously, this is very good money for a 20 year old-maybe $850,000/yr after taxes, agent fees, work related training, travel, relocating, etc..but he isn't the new elon musk on this deal.

that will also be a good contract for the warriors if rollins is a promising young player. they can continue to pay him like a 2nd round rookie for 3 years and then have bird rights to lock him down with a long term extension if he turns into an important player. everything so far suggests rollins-with health-could have a long run in the Bay.