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Raptors sign Scottie Barnes to historic $270 million contract extension
NY Post
The Raptors are retaining one of the better young players in the NBA for the long haul.
Toronto is set to award guard Scottie Barnes a five-year rookie supermax deal worth up to $270 million, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The contract, which Barnes will sign July 6, makes him the highest-paid player in Raptors history.
Barnes is guaranteed $225 million, per ESPN, which would rank 17th in annual average value (AAV).
He could become the fifth-highest paid player in the NBA should he hit his incentives and reach the full potential of $54 million AAV.
The 22-year-old turned in his best season this past year, bumping his points per game to 19.9 and rebounds to 8.2 while securing his first All-Star nod in this third season.
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On one level, it’s hard to shake this part of it from your mind. Think about how many times you and your best friends from college talked at the tail ends of after-hours parties about putting enough scratch together a few years after graduation to maybe, someday soon, rent a house down the Jersey shore or out in the Hamptons for a week.