The Goods Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) Many NBA contracts have explicit incentive clauses that stipulate increased pay if certain performance criteria are met. You know, if "Player X grabs X amount of rebounds" or "Player Y plays in X amount of games" they get a bonus. Well, Dave D'Alessandro of The Star-Ledger combed through some current NBA contracts and found a few of the most unique/ridiculous performance-based incentives out there. Some oddball favorites: * Adonal Foyle gets $500,000 if he wins MVP, and another $500K if he wins MVP of the NBA Finals. * Luke Ridnour gets an extra $1.5 million for winning Defensive Player of the Year. * Mario Chalmers gets $19,580 just for showing up for summer league, and for going through a team "skill/conditioning program." * Rafer Alston gets an additional $325,000 if he makes the All-Star team. * Matt Bonner gets $100,000 if the sum of his field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and his 3-point percentage matches or exceeds 169 percent. Seriously. D'Alessandro has more, but none of them come close to this strange small print once written up by the Oakland Athletics: "In 1972 owner Charlie Finley offered his players $300 if they'd grow mustaches as part of a Father's Day promotion. All 25 did, and the 'staches became a team trademark. Rollie Fingers even had a clause written into his contract that he would be supplied with wax for his handlebars." http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Unique-unlikely-performance-based-contract-ince?urn=nba,176730 Edited July 16, 2009 by The Goods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldChili Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Foyle for MVP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 If Foyle wins MVP, I'll come up with $500K to give him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurbyFX Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Bonner almost got his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 There are also some other good ones that the link you posted didn't include and they are: * Baron Davis gets $1 million just for playing 70 games and leading his team to victory in at least 30 of them. * Nick Collison of the Thunder gets $100,000 if he wins -- wait for it -- MVP. * If Carlos Boozer plays 65 games, averages more than 32 minutes, and finishes in the top 12 in boards (total or average), he gets $333,333. * Larry Hughes gets a $1.6 million bonus if his team -- whatever team he's on in '09-10 -- wins 55 games or more. * Tony Battie (base: $6.06M) has some odd incentives. He gets $100,000 if he plays in 50 games AND averages eight rebounds. He pockets another $100,000 if he plays in 50 and averages five free throw attempts per game. And he'll bring home an extra $100,000 if he is just active for 50 games and the team reaches the second round of the playoffs. http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2009/07/nj_nets_incentives.html I love the Collison one. I would think that if he managed to win the MVP somehow he should be in for a larger bonus than * Matt Bonner gets $100,000 if the sum of his field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and his 3-point percentage matches or exceeds 169 percent. Seriously. The funny thing about this one is that Bonner was only 1 made free throw away from getting his $100,000 bonus. Bonner finished the season with a sum of 167.5%. If he would've went 18/23 from the line (which is 78.2%) instead of 17/23 (which is 73.9%) his total would've been 171.8%. I bet Bonner wishes that he made one more free throw during the course of the season lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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