Report: NBA execs think Bismack Biyombo will get $20 million a year
According to a report, some NBA executives think that Raptors center Bismack Biyombo could get $20 million a year in free agency.
In the span of a couple of days and two huge performances in the Eastern Conference Finals, Toronto Raptors center Bismack Biyombo has gone from a player that should considering using his opt-out clause after the season to a player that could be in the conversation for a max contract from a team in need of a center.
Simply put, Biyombo fits that niche of the new NBA center that grabs plenty of rebounds, blocks shots and doesn’t score points. Add in the fact that he is currently just 23 years old, teams will be salivating over the potential that he has as a center in this league.
According to Sean Deveney of Sporting News, many executives around the league expect Biyombo to get paid a lot in free agency.
"“For someone like (Biyombo), I think when you look at a guy like Tyson Chandler and what he got from Phoenix last summer (four years, $52 million), that’s where you start for a contract,” one Eastern Conference GM told Sporting News. “But you factor in the cap spike and it’s probably going to be high, I’d say, $16-17 million. It’ll be a heck of a $17 million-per-year gamble.”"
Biyombo stands to be one of many players who will benefit greatly from the rising cap and the current CBA. His short-term contract with the Raptors is going to pay off with probably a massive contract in free agency.
While this type of spending by teams is certainly what got them into trouble with the last CBA, history always finds a way of repeating itself and now the players are about to hold all the cards at the table yet again.
With DeMar DeRozan also set to be a free agent, the Raptors are going to have plenty of big decisions to make in free agency. The good news is that with the rising cap, they should have plenty of money to retain their guys. That is if they feel like giving Biyombo so much money with Jonas Valanciunas already on the roster.
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