Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey will be eligible for a rookie scale extension this offseason and has put himself in a position for a major payday by averaging a career-high 20.3 points per game on .481/.434/.845 shooting in 60 games (33.6 MPG) this season, writes Sean Deveney of Heavy.com.
Assuming they look to negotiate a new deal with Maxey, the Sixers may want to use recent rookie extensions recipients like Jordan Poole and Tyler Herro as points of comparison. Poole signed for four years and $123M (plus incentives) last offseason, while Herro got $120M (plus incentives) on his four-year extension. However, rival executives who spoke to Deveney believe the 22-year-old’s value has increased beyond that.
“They might have thought there was room to negotiate there,” an Eastern Conference executive told Deveney. “But look at what the guy has done. He’s gotten better at every turn, his work ethic is really, really amazing from everyone around him. That’s what stands out. This guy is only getting better. Probably, there’s no negotiation, they’re going to have to max him out.”
The exact value of a maximum-salary extension for Maxey would depend on where the 2024-25 salary cap lands, but it could exceed $40M per year. For what it’s worth, the Sixers could have Tobias Harris and his $39.3M expiring salary coming off the books in the summer of 2024.
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