xwalker
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Yes but you don't know what could happen before then. Especially with his track record
I assume by "happen" you mean that he could get suspended.
He does not get paid while suspended even with a new mega-contract.
He would have the signing bonus but most contracts now have lower signing bonuses with most of the guarantees in the form of guaranteed salaries.
- He would not get those guaranteed salaries if suspended.
When teams have concern about player conduct, they insist on a contract structure around that concern.
The Dez contract had multiple different methods built in to it with regards to guaranteed money.
- They cut him due to performance reasons; therefore he got all the guaranteed money.
- If Dez had gotten into trouble, he would have lost a good bit of guaranteed money relative to standard contracts.
The agent is putting Zeke at risk. If they had done the holdout next year, it's a bigger threat because the team might really believe he would holdout the entire season.