$306,000 for eight seconds
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4/11/2022, 5:19 p.m
It’s quite possibly one of the shortest and most lucrative days in NBA history: Defending champion Milwaukee’s Jrue Holiday is only eight seconds on the field in the last game of the regular season. The reason for this is enshrined in the contract of the point guard.
Work and earn like Jrue Holiday: The Milwaukee Bucks point guard star creates a particularly absurd moment in his club’s last game of the regular NBA season. The 31-year-old is only eight seconds on the floor before his shift is over. After the tip-off, he waited at the halfway line for his opponent from the Cleveland Cavaliers and fouled Darius Garland. Very clumsy and completely unnecessary. Holiday trudges to the bank, sits down with a smile and is $306,000 richer. By the way, extrapolated that would correspond to an hourly wage of quite astonishing $ 137.7 million.
According to ESPN, there is a bonus clause in his contract. The playmaker has to make 67 appearances in the regular season and achieve a measly average of 3.15 rebounds per game. He reached the value without any effort (4.5), meanwhile he had to tie his shoes again for the number of missions and not take ten steps before he lost 115:133 to the Cavs like the other two top Stars Khris Middleton and Giannis Antetokounmpo could be rested.
Holiday has been playing for the Bucks since the end of November 2020, became champion last season and has already played a key role in the team. This year he is the third best pitcher on his team with 18.3 points and the best assist provider with 6.8 assists. Exactly one year ago he extended his contract in Milwaukee and is expected to earn up to $ 160 million in four years. In view of this, the bonus seems puny. But what you have, you have. By the way, the defending champion is now playing against the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the playoffs.
Theis threatens a crisp first round duel
The highly traded Boston Celtics around Daniel Theis meanwhile finished the main round in second place in the East. In the playoffs, the team is threatened with a tough first-round duel with the Brooklyn Nets for the two superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, who missed most of the season due to his refusal to vaccinate against the corona virus. Against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Celtcis got a 139-110, overtaking the Bucks. Possibly a planned action by the defending champion, who has now apparently caught the easier lot.
Despite a defeat, the Miami Heat could not be relegated from first place and lost 111:125 without their top players at the Orlando Magic. Fourth place in the Eastern Conference went to the Philadelphia 76ers, fifth place are the Toronto Raptors, sixth place are the Bulls. The Nets secured seventh place with a 134:126 against the Indiana Pacers. The Cavaliers are eighth, the Atlanta Hawks are ninth, and the Charlotte Hornets are tenth. The top six have their playoff ticket secured. The teams in places seven to ten play two more tickets in a play-in. The Nets meet the Cavaliers, the Hawks the Pacers.