20million over 3 years!!! Wow great for him but overpaid surely!?

Must be significant bonuses for reaching certain levels in particular statistical categories, playing all games, making finals, etc.

They lost Monroe, and probably didn't have any top line bigs knocking on their door. Like real estate, its worth whatever someone is willing to pay!

Pistons don't have many bigs on their roster, so Baynes could finally get some consistent court time to show us how good he is against NBA opponents.

Looks like they are going to play 4 out 1 in around Drummond, but Baynes should be able to a decent amount of time as Drummonds backup and another 5-10 mins playing next to him when they need to go big.

I doubt it's that rare. I imagine incentives are frequently put in contracts. They can happen in the NBL too. Finals bonuses and the like are obviously very common.

Big guys are always going to attract a premium price though since they are a rarer commodity.

Anyway, I think people give Baynes less credit than he deserves. If he were a 25mpg guy I reckon he could put up 12/8 pretty consistently.

Bonuses in NBA contracts are pretty rare.

Quality big men are a scarcity in the NBA right now hence big money being offered to many.

Reserve high-rotation guards are getting offers that are significantly less - but there are plenty of them around.

Everyone's getting over paid, why not some Aussies. Good on you Baynesy.
He'll do okay with SVG in Detroit.

I believe NBA bonuses are on top of what the contract agreements are, and don't count towards the cap. So if he does get bonuses it will be on top of the $20m

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm

Question 74

It's both. Incentives are categorised as either likely or unlikely. Likely to be achieved count in the cap, unlikely aren't.

hearing Delly will get between 3 and 5 mil for 3 to 4 seasons from Cavs

Mad Cash for Baynester.

$1.1m is a bit of a kick in the face for delly. You'd think the way money is being thrown around at the moment they'd offer him $3m per just for loyalty.

Thomas Robinson just got signed from waivers for $1.1m for the nets, whilst Delly just finished starting for the 2nd best team in the world and guarding 'the best player in the world.'

$1.1m is just a qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent, so that if any other club make an offer Cavs have the right to match that. That's not necessarily the amount he will receive...

I am hearing talk that he might be on 5 or 6 for 3 years.

"Thomas Robinson just got signed from waivers for $1.1m for the nets, whilst Delly just finished starting for the 2nd best team in the world and guarding 'the best player in the world.'

Cavs are in no way the 2cnd best team in the NBA, they were just the best team in a weak conference. Dellavadova started due to injuries not because he was the best man for the job and at no point did Delly guard Lebron so your argument is invalid

Baynes moving because he saw a big drop in minutes at the Spurs due to their drafting a good big?

I would have thought that with Splitter gone and Timmy almost gone, he'd be looking for a much higher profile this season and next by staying. Unless there's issues between him and Pop.

Anyway, brilliant work by his agent to get him so much, and I really hope he uses this opportunity to make great improvements in his game.

Well done and we'll earned. We are yet to see the best of the big banga! Sure he's not the most talented and natural basketball mind but the dude can score and he's reasonable on the boards. Defense is the main area he needs to work on, pretty average to be honest ... not overpaid at $20M over 3. When you compare it to some other overpaid drop kicks in the league ...

Stupid and totally unfounded conspiracy theory: Maybe this is where the Taipans are getting all their money to pay Gordie, Wortho and Wilbekin from? Baynesy giving back to Cairns basketball :-)

"Baynes moving because he saw a big drop in minutes at the Spurs due to their drafting a good big?

I would have thought that with Splitter gone and Timmy almost gone, he'd be looking for a much higher profile this season and next by staying. Unless there's issues between him and Pop."

SAS are clearing space for LaMarcus Aldridge. David West has also said he'd come cheap to either them or GSW, which you'd think SAS would have the better chance of signing him (due to the roster spots already filled at GSW).

That, and for a bench warmer to get offered 20 over 3, you sign that before the guy finishes the offer.

Baynes has talent, and a career in the NBA, absolutely. But I don't think you'd have too many teams lining up to offer him that figure. Detroit do have a recent history of throwing big money at players they want though (Meeks, Smith, Jennings, Jackson), so good for him.

Don't know if he will be paid much more than the qualifying offer but you don't get trusted to start in the NBA Finals (even as an injury replacement) if you're pretty horrible overall.

Teams are probably waiting for the dust to settle on the big name free agent guards before they start offers for backups which is clearly Dellys ceiling. Players like JJ Barrea and Lin got there money when they had their 5 minutes of fame. With their achievements afterwards maybe teams are scared off. And with Lebron apparently a fan the cavs will match anything decent.
As to Baynes I think the pistons are trying to lure and draft players and people from model organisation's since learning from the Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings disasters. When the cap goes up next year 3yrs 20 mill will be peanuts.

'one of australias highest paid sportsmen' on tvnews '$26M for 3years'

I'm still not convinced that Detroit was the place to go, no matter how much he was being paid. I haven't seen a lot of improvement since he went there.