This was already a foregone conclusion, but now it's official, according to Ken Berger of CBS. Blake Griffin will be a Los Angeles Clipper for the next five years, and he will be paid handsomely — $95 million handsomes.
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According to Ken Berger of CBS, the Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to a max contract with their young star Blake Griffin potentially worth $95 million over the next five years. Griffin can earn those max dollars if he ends up satisfying the “Rose Rule” qualifications, which state that a player can earn 30 percent of a team’s salary cap if he wins an NBA MVP, is names to the All-NBA team twice, or is voted an All-Star starter twice. Griffin was both an All-Star starter and second team All-NBA in the 2011-12 season, which means that he has a great shot at getting the maximum salary after next year, when the extension is due to kick in.
Meanwhile, Clippers fans can rest easy knowing that this will have little to no effect on Chris Paul’s contract situation. Paul has not surprisingly declined to sign an extension after his first year in Los Angeles (he was eligible for a 3-year, $60 million deal this offseason), and will instead wait until next summer to decide his future. At that time, he will be eligible for Bird rights from the Clippers and can get a contract for as much as five years and $108m.