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Does Chris Paul Have a Better Deal than Deron Williams?

 
10.9.2008 - Updated on 10.9.2008
We’ll have to wait until July to find out exactly how much those contracts will be worth, but Williams and Paul can expect to make more than $14 million beginning in 2009-10 and $50 million to $70 million depending on whether they exercise that fourth-year option.

 It turns out, though, that Paul’s contract has sweeteners that Williams’ does not. As one person has described it, Williams signed a "max contract" but not a "max-plus contract." This was the first time I’d ever heard that distinction in five years of covering the NBA.

 For starters, Paul has a 15 percent trade kicker that Williams does not. For the uninitiated, a trade kicker is a bonus that gets paid if a player ever gets traded. You can be sure the Hornets aren’t looking to trade Paul, but if they ever did, Paul’s bank account would get a bump.

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