Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders broke additional details on Trail Blazers’ center’s Jusuf Nurkic’s new contract yesterday. With that information, plus the signing of Seth Curry, Nik Stauskas, and Gary Trent Jr., general manager Neil Olshey has few free agency options remaining. Here are some FAQs about those remaining choices:
Some of Nurkic’s deal is incentives. What does that mean? Pincus reported that Nurkic’s contract includes $6 million in unlikely incentives (aka: bonuses). Several types of incentives can be added to NBA contracts but, generally speaking, only concretely measurable metrics can be classified as “likely” or “unlikely.