"There was no reason to give Poeltl an extension, and certainly not a player-centric one like the three-year, $84 million one they gave him. He is under contract through his age-34 season, at which point he will make $27.3 million. Some of that final year is unguaranteed if he doesn't hit certain benchmarks, so there is a potential way out if things go truly terribly, but even that only comes after another four seasons of contract."
"There are many players around the league who will be making $27 million in 2029-30. Most of them will deserve it. Jakob Poeltl wouldn't deserve that much in the present, a low-end starting center who is battling with what appears to now be a chronic back injury. It's hard to see him getting better and healthier over the next four years."
The Toronto Raptors granted veteran center Jakob Poeltl a three-year, $84 million player-centric extension two years before free agency. The contract runs through his age-34 season, with a $27.3 million salary in the final year and some of that year partially unguaranteed by performance benchmarks. Poeltl is a low-end starting center coming off a middling season and appears to be dealing with a chronic back injury. The size and timing of the deal make him effectively untradeable and reduce the Raptors' ability to execute a blockbuster trade to upgrade the roster. The contract is mismatched to expected performance and health outlook, making it the worst in the NBA.
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