Chris Paul Has A Good Agent

According to the Salt Lake Tribune Chris Paul not only received a max contract over the summer, he received a “max-plus contract.  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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