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Former NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall apparently has no clue how NBA contracts work.
On the latest “I Am Athlete” podcast, a passionate Marshall yells at his co-hosts and insists that a majority of NBA contracts are not guaranteed.
Brandon Marshall couldn’t be more wrong 😂 #IAMATHLETE pic.twitter.com/h3NqYPzFtX
— Ry (@JustRyCole) April 5, 2021
Ya’ll don’t know what ya’ll are talking about because ya’ll are talking about every in the NBA got guaranteed contracts, and it’s false. I am certain of this and I’m telling you it’s the truth. Not everybody who is on an NBA roster has a guaranteed contract. There are four guys on an NBA team that have guaranteed contracts and everyone else can be cut today and don’t get contracts.
According to NBA salary guru Eric Pincus, Marshall’s argument is dead wrong because the majority of NBA contracts are guaranteed and the small percentage that aren’t (5-8 percent) become guaranteed by the mid-season mark.
I mean, I think most people know that NBA contracts are guaranteed. Some (maybe 5-8% typically, haven't counted) can start the season non-guaranteed by by Jan 10 each year (non-pandemic) – all of them are after that point
— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) April 5, 2021
Fans mocked Marshall for being so wrong while being angry and loud in the video.
So who is going to tell him? It’s closer to 12 out of 15 have guaranteed contracts? https://t.co/XZY4aXnK3q pic.twitter.com/Jcz3StQ3b6
— Richard Jefferson (@Rjeff24) April 6, 2021
— Anthony F. Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) April 5, 2021
Everybody got that homeboy that gets louder when he starts losing the argument lmao pic.twitter.com/s1YtNBue8q
— Jimmy Wang (@jcurry336) April 6, 2021
Big wrong my brother 😂🙏🏾 https://t.co/C5OarazsUb
— Lou Williams (@TeamLou23) April 6, 2021
Whoa. Brandon Marshall got some bad information from somebody https://t.co/b6ScUBYTTS
— Ray Young (@rayfordyoung) April 6, 2021
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