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Portland Trail Blazersguard Damian Lillard isn’t the only NBA player rolling in (and with) money over the next few seasons. Much is being made of Lillard’s $216 million contract, running through 2026, particularly as the guard has tried to put himself on the trade market this summer. As Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPNreported yesterday,Los Angeles Lakersforward/center Anthony Davis has now exceeded that amount, signing a three-year extension that will keep him employed through 2028. Davis is younger than Lillard; he’ll be 35 when the deal runs out, but it pays him a whopping $270 million in aggregate. It will top out at nearly $67 million in 2028, perhaps more depending on league salary cap numbers.
Davis averaged 25.9 points and 12.5 rebounds in 34.0 minutes per game for the Lakers last season, shooting 56.3% from the field. The eight-time NBA All-Star has played eleven seasons total for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Lakers.
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