{"id":311676,"date":"2021-07-30T02:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-how-much-the-2021-nba-draft-picks-will-earn-on-their-rookie-contracts\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T02:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:39:00","slug":"heres-how-much-the-2021-nba-draft-picks-will-earn-on-their-rookie-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-much-the-2021-nba-draft-picks-will-earn-on-their-rookie-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Here\u2019s how much the 2021 NBA draft picks will earn on their rookie contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c807412667\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Expected_no_1_pick_Cade_Cunningham_will_make_an_estimated_368_million_from_his_rookie_contract\"><\/span>\n  Expected no. 1 pick Cade Cunningham will make an estimated $36.8 million from his rookie contract<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000356699\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000356699\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       A group of new athletes will join the NBA fraternity on Thursday night as the league holds its annual draft.<\/p>\n<p> While a few of the teams selecting players at the start of the draft have already indicated who they may select \u2014 like the\u00a0Detroit Pistons with Cade Cunningham and the Houston Rockets with Jalen Green\u00a0\u2014 most of the NBA draft picks remain unknown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetTweet\n            inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1420800607762456576\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       For players, the team that drafts them can have a major impact on how they develop as basketball players, but it also can have a huge impact on their salaries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: LeBron James is a billionaire \u2014 the first U.S. team sport athlete to do it while still playing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What number draft pick a player is determines how much money he will earn on his rookie contract. This is due to the NBA\u2019s rookie wage scale, which assigns dollar amounts to specific draft slots. The higher a player is drafted, the more lucrative their overall contracts are.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the NBA\u2019s rookie wage scale, dropping a few spots during the draft can actually cost players millions of dollars on their rookie contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Each player selected in the first round of the NBA Draft is awarded a 4-year contract with an NBA franchise, but only the first two years are fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the estimated contracts for the first round selections of the 2021 NBA draft, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/cba\/rookie-scale\/\" class=\"icon none\">contract monitoring site Spotrac<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $17.2 million<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Total value: $38 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $15.4 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $34 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $13.8 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $30.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $12.4 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $27.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $11.3 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $25 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: \u2018I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion\u2019: Tom Daley after winning a gold medal in Tokyo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $10.2 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $22.7 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $9.3 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $20.7 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $8.6 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $19 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $7.9 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $17.4 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $7.5 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $16.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $7.1 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $16 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $6.7 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $15.3 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $6.4 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $14.8 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $6.1 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $14.2 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $5.8 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $13.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $5.5 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $13 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $5.2 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $12.3 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $5 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $11.7 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $4.7 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $11.2 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $4.5 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $10.7 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $4.4 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $10.4 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $ 4.2 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $10.1 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $4 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $9.8 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: Cost of the Olympics: How the 2020 Tokyo <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s are one of the most expensive ever<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $3.9 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $9.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $3.7 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $9.3 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $3.6 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $9 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $3.5 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $8.7 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $3.4 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $8.7 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $3.4 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $8.6 million<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick No. 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed: $3.4 million<\/p>\n<p>Total value: $8.5million<\/p>\n<p>Rookies from the NFL Draft will make similar money to NBA rookies, while rookies from the MLB Draft make considerably less.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA Draft begins on Thursday at 8 p.m. EST and will air on the Disney<br \/>\n        DIS,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203410047\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.42%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n      -owned channels ABC and ESPN.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div 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