The Los Angeles Lakers just signed Anthony Davis to a three-year contract extension that made NBA history. With an average annual salary of $62 million, Davis broke the record for the largest average salary on an extension in the sport.
With the salary cap predicted to grow leaps and bounds over the next five years, superstars making over $60 million are going to be more common. Right now it seems like a monstrous outlier but it is only a matter of time until it is the status quo.
With stars making so much money and harsher penalties for being above the luxury tax on the new CBA, being able to have bargains on the roster is so important for team-building.