Rich Eisen Reacts to SGA’s Super Max Deal & the Bucks’ Big Dame Out/Myles Turner In Shakeup

Rich Eisen Reacts to SGA’s Super Max Deal & the Bucks’ Big Dame Out/Myles Turner In Shakeup

what was it about week and a half ago about a week ago
week a week and a half ago um that or nine days ago game seven of the NBA finals up in the air the Indiana Pacers in Oklahoma City who knew was going to win as a matter of fact at the end of the first quarter looked like the Pacers were showing up like we’d seen them all playoffs long stout tough resilient tyresese Hallebertton making threes then his Achilles gave way then the Pacers gave way then the Oklahoma City Thunder took over and um and Shay Gilis Alexander wrapped up one of the great individual seasons in NBA history
hard G soft G that’s right with the trifecta of scoring leader NBA regular season MVP finals MVP very rare list we spent uh the following day talking about how SGA had done things that we’d never seen before or we’d seen before from people like Jordan and Kareem and so on and so forth well the Oklahoma City Thunder have rewarded SGAA with the richest contract in NBA history the super maximum contract four years $285 million through 203031 and his annual salary is something that you know would make uh Messi blush at right
balling
he’s basically being paid like a superstar footballer out there in the if you will soccer world 63.5 million when the extension starts kicking in in 2728 that goes up to 68 million the following year 73 he’s going to be in 203031 a $78.7 million a year athlete she Gilgis Alexander in the same way that throughout his ascension this year it’s like is he for real is this for real is he really a superstar player oh yeah he’s a superstar player oh yeah he actually did it and even after doing it a lot of folks are wondering is he really all that it really is amazing how we’re wondering that well the Oklahoma City Thunder have now wrapped him up through 2031 and they’re going to pay him remarkable amounts of money and build keep building around him by the way great plan
great plan and he’s happy everyone in Oklahoma City is going to be happy and they they have a million draft choices and so that happened today and just when you thought that was going to be the biggest story of the day the Pacers got involved now we saw it with Jason Tatum’s Achilles giving away and the luxury tax of the second apron staring the Celtics in the face and the thought that if we could run it all that with everybody healthy maybe just maybe we’ll pay an absurd amount of luxury tax money but Jason Tatum’s out and so now is Jaru Holiday and Chris Taps Sporzing right we even heard the uh the owner Josh Kunky of the Denver Nuggets say “We’re all just one bad injury away from trading away our best player.” When he mentioned 15 right everyone in Denver’s like “All right
you just bring that up out of nowhere.” as they as they traded Michael Porter for
Cam Johnson today that was a little shocking
a Nets Nuggets trade
um but the reason why I bring this up is you’re only one injury away from doing something that you don’t really consider which is in the case of the Pacers who according to Ramona Shelurn have not paid a luxury tax in 20 years 2005 was the last time they paid a luxury tax decided with Tyrese Hallebertton now out for next year do we go ahead and go into the luxury tax for Miles Turner and the answer turned out to be no not going to happen and that is where wait for it the Milwaukee Bucks come into play because amidst all of this Brooke Lopez winds up signing with the Los Angeles Clippers which makes Lakers fans a little bit headscratching because Lopez was one of the players some Lakers fans were thinking we need a center you know maybe he could be one albeit he’s a a three-point shooting center they need they need a rim protector and a shot blocker which Lopez can be instead he’s going to be it into a dome with Zubos and Kawaii and Harden
that led Giannis to post a photograph of him I guess from his celebration lopez from this yeah
um of Brook Lopez from his celebration
yeah the championship
of winning the championship he’s got the goggles on and you know the there’s the the plastic over the locker room lockers i don’t know what’s going on right now man mood 100% giannis was not pleased about Brook Lopez
disappearing well the Bucks apparently had a plan cuz if you want a rim protector and a shot blocker and a three-point shooter in your center how does Miles Turner sound and Miles Turner agrees to a 4-year $17 million deal with the Bucks
a player option for year four and then the ultimate which is a 15% trade kicker so they gave they gave Miles Turner all that and the third big-time player in these playoffs who blew out his Achilles in Damen Lillard he’s not there next year so the Bucks are clearly going over some sort of a threshold here right cuz you got Dame you got Miles you got Giannis well here’s the ultimate kicker to the story
poris too
right they signed Poris too right here’s the ultimate kicker to the story lillard’s cut now listen God bless all these capologists and front office experts in the NBA is there anything more confusing than the NBA collective bargaining salary cap
there’s not structure
it’s people who struggle with that
there is hey there’s there’s something where you can stretch somebody’s contract out when you cut them and so they’re stretching Damen Lillard’s contract for five years and the 113 million they’re paying him or that he’s owed they’re going to stretch it out over the next half decade to send him packing now 22 million a year forget about Bobby Bo getting 1.1 forever
right annually he’s going to get 22 million Milwaukee Bucks dollars sent to him and I mean I I I guess like that’s an unkind cut to say the least it’s just hey Dame we we wanted you you wanted you you were waiting forever to see if the Blazers can make a championship team for you you and your family married to that community and they to you and after all the soularching he finally demands and gets the exit visa to Milwaukee where in year two full year one his Achilles pops in the middle of a playoff game and they’re like “Yeah we we’ve got to move on.” But I mean for Giannis it’s just like you get Miles Turner now and how is Giannis taking that well according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports not well he’s being told Giannis is not pleased with the team decision to wave Damen Lillard here we go
so now you know does this mean anything or is Giannis just unhappy with it he’s unhappy be because he knows Damen Lillard was there for him and he might have been his handpicked choice to come to keep him happy in Milwaukee or is this just another moment where Giannis isn’t terribly happy with the current situation in Milwaukee he’ll eventually cool down at least that’s what the Bucks are thinking and realize Miles Turner ain’t too shabby certainly if Dame wasn’t going to be around next year but maybe Giannis is looking for years down the road and Lillard is just a great dude and teammate and he’s just not happy with the fact that he’s now going to have to rehab this Achilles um without a team that does make him quite the uh attractive pickup one would think in 2026 but who thought like that would be the nine days after the Pacers and Thunder concluded the 2024 2025 season that culminated with a championship for Oklahoma City an SGA season for the ages a Pacers team that shocked the world but a lot of people talking about what’s with all these Achilles injuries and all of these Achilles injuries were front and center in the first biggest splashes of the NBA new league year celtics are like “Yeah we’re going to go with a whole new start in five next year waiting for Tatum to come back
and we’ll try and win as many games as possible al Horford may be gone the Warriors appear to be the his next spot which would be interesting.”
Um and those are the changes the Pacers are like “Yeah Tyrese is out miles Turner four years 104 million 15% trade kicker thanks for thanks for the 10 years Miles and the Bucks are like we’ll take Miles Turner but the third guy with an Achilles popping see you later 22 million a year go rehab on your own and thanks for the time and can’t hang it up Crazy
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