Nicolas Batum has reached agreement with Charlotte on a five-year $120 mi

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Free agent Nicolas Batum has reached agreement with Charlotte on a five-year, $120 million deal, league sources tell The Vertical.


Huge deal for charlotte, they be in playoffs again next year.

[masonanddixon]

HAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH this is the worst signing of all time

[AintNoSunshine]

Wow, what a time to be an NBA free agent.

Do franchises think they can print money now?

[poido123]

OK, these contracts are getting absurd right now.


There is no WAY the market has pushed someone like Batum to multi year over 20 mill.


*Praying Bulls don't do anything stupid*

[NBAGOAT]

good deal actually since most sf's are going get around 20mil and he was definitely the best sf on the market. Lot of teams wanted Batum so we'll see who they go for now.

[Uncle Drew]

And people are laughing at Griffin and Gilbert for paying too much. Love, Irving and TT all bargains by now.

[masonanddixon]

Wow, what a time to be an NBA free agent.

Do franchises think they can print money now?

Seriously. This guy should be coming off the bench on most teams and has almost no impact on a game.

You'd think teams would be more frugal in this economy. This shit is insane.

[bigkingsfan]

Lebron stays winning.

[DMAVS41]

Seriously. This guy should be coming off the bench on most teams and has almost no impact on a game.

You'd think teams would be more frugal in this economy. This shit is insane.

Actually probably the best signing I've seen so far. That is a discount off his full max.

Not nearly as bad as you are claiming...hell, it's not bad. It's good. Batum is awesome and is in the heart of his prime.

[aj1987]

The ****? The guy will be making ~$30M at 32. ~$24M a year...

I understand that he's a good two way player, but $24M a year? I still can't come to terms with the expanding cap.

[NBAGOAT]

Seriously. This guy should be coming off the bench on most teams and has almost no impact on a game.

You'd think teams would be more frugal in this economy. This shit is insane.

yes the 2nd best player on a 48 win team would be coming off the bench for most teams.

[masonanddixon]

Actually probably the best signing I've seen so far. That is a discount off his full max.

Not nearly as bad as you are claiming...hell, it's not bad. It's good. Batum is awesome and is in the heart of his prime.

lol he's a below average player for his position, never been a difference maker on a team, not remotely close to all star level, making 22MM a year. Essentially a role player/rotational player clogging up your cap. it's about as shitty a signing as it gets.

it's about as shitty as Dallas signing Wes Freaking Matthews to a huge contract.

[aj1987]

yes the 2nd best player on a 48 win team would be coming off the bench for most teams.

He's black. In masonanddixon's tiny mind (if he actually has one), he's automatically a scrub. He still probably believes that Dirk and Dragic are top 10 players in the league.

[masonanddixon]

yes the 2nd best player on a 48 win team would be coming off the bench for most teams.

Hey, JJ Barea was the best player on Dallas last season.

[masonanddixon]

He's black. In masonanddixon's tiny mind (if he actually has one), he's automatically a scrub.

Pretty sure he's mulatto, actually.