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New Orleans Pelicans talisman Anthony Davis will likely miss out on an estimated $25 million on the maximum extension he signed back in 2015.
The Washington Post reported this week that there are to be a few qualifications that would allow a team to offer a higher maximum salary, due to the new CBA deal. Some of those qualifications include; the player being included as a starter of their respective All-Star team during the season prior to the negotiating season. The player making one of the three all-NBA teams or being named defensive player of the year in two of the prior three seasons. It also includes becoming the league’s Most Valuable Player in one of those three prior seasons.
Davis fell short of all of those qualifications after the likes of Paul George, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Paul Millsap received more votes, stuffing his shot at cracking the Third All-NBA team last season. Davis fell 27 votes short of tying Aldridge, which would've netted him a third team selection.
As a result, Davis’ five-year max contract (includes a player option after the fourth year) will be worth just over $124.2 million instead of a potential $148.9 million.
“It’s tough when you think you’re gonna make it and you don’t,” Davis told ESPN's Justin Verrier about last season’s All-NBA team. “But you can’t really control who people voted for, how people vote. You’ve just got to move on. Face it and just move on.”
The 23-year-old averaged 24.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, and two blocks last season for the 30-52 Pelicans but missed a career-high 21 games, including the final 14 to undergo an ultrasonic debridement of his left knee.
“It was tough,” Davis said. “I mean, after you go back and look at it, sat down with my agent, coaches and everybody. You kind of thought for sure you’re going to make it — at least one of the teams. But … didn’t.”
“[I] dwelled on it probably a day or two. It wasn’t going to change [anything]. There was obviously nothing you could do about it. You’ve just got to face it and move on. And that’s all I did. Live with reality and just kept moving forward.”
Verrier asked him if it was fair to say he'd like the extra money — Davis said:
“Oh, yeah. For sure. I mean, who wouldn’t want it? But I don’t have it, so there’s nothing I can do about it. Like I said, keep moving forward and hopefully somewhere it finds its way back to me.”
Anthony Davis is currently in his fifth season, making him ineligible for a contract extension until the summer of 2019.
