How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

I know he's coming off a poor game against the Celtics, but he has elite athleticism, length, and range for a shooting guard. Remember he is still 27 and has averaged 16.5 PPG, 2.9 APG, and 5.1 RPG this year for a 15.66 PER in 33.7 minutes per game and has come up big in the clutch several times this year.

So how big of a contract does he get this summer?

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

Hes worth 7 mill a year id say, maybe as high as 9.

From the Knicks perspective, if its possible under the CBA, id pay him as much as i could over 2 years in order to preserve cap space in 2015.

On the market hed get a 4 year deal in the $30 to $40 mill range.

Hopefully he wins the 6MOTY

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

Someone will most likely slightly overpay him but hes worth good money imo.

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

$25m/3 yrs

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

JR Smith will be an Unrestricted Free Agent. JR Smith has been a Knick for 2 years. Since Knicks are over the cap, they can only sign Smith with a salary cap exception. The best one for the Knicks to use is the "Early Bird exception", as explained below:


So the Knicks can pay JR Smith basically an MLE contract. That's the most they can pay him. Will JR Smith accept this or try to get more somewhere else? I believe JR will remain a Knick and accept the MLE contract. I also have trouble seeing another team "taking a chance" on giving JR a huge contract, because of his history.

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

I love JR but no he wouldn't. Everyone is cap concious, and there's a ton of players out on the market. Crawford couldn't get a fraction of that but JR will get $10 a year?

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

I think they pay him this with an out to pay him slightly more if he deserves it the next year. The new economics of the NBA don't pay people like JR $10 a year. If you're a big, maybe. If you're a SG who is off and on, no.

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

He will get around $5 million a year.

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

Well the contract has to be 2 years minimum, according to CBA. So probably get 3 year contract, with player opt out in 3rd year.

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

Can he get more than 3 years? I think they pay him $5ish for as many years as they are allowed with an opt out.

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You can sign your own players to 5 year contracts, I believe. Other free agents for 4 years.

I'm not sure Knicks want to give him a 5 year contract. Maybe 4 years.

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I would like Jr Smith as our starting three. Just an option.

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

I could be wrong but I think it's like this:

For 4th/5th-man starter/6th man caliber players
$4-5 million/yr for G/SF
$7-8 million/yr for SF/PF
$9-12 mill/yr for PF/C(starters)

Re: How much does J.R. Smith get paid this summer?
 

Would you give OJ Mayo 10 a year? If i alreafy had a star on my team yes...and most teams would. JR is slightly below OJ in terms of skill