Playoff pay?

[grnmtnvt 18]

I've heard that players don't get paid during the playoff, but are players given some kind of bonus for making the playoffs and/or more for winning rounds?

[Harv 86]

Yes.

You get paid per round and It goes up every round.

The amount you get paid depends on the amount of players on the roster as it's a pool of money that gets divided up.

I think this years first round exit was worth about $10,000 per player.

Winning (and losing) in the finals gets you a much larger chunk.

[chippa13 1844]

For the early years of his career the running joke was that Datsyuk stops when the paychecks do.

[grnmtnvt 18]

Why doesn't that surprise me. Ha.

[SydNap 25]

10,000 per round seems really low. If you're a Superstar, you're used to seeing 80 to 100k per game. I'm shocked it's not higher given how much value the playoff games have over regular season games.

[grnmtnvt 18]

It's in the CBA. They split a pot.

[adam14 182]

when players sign a "one year contract" for 3 million, does that mean he gets paid the 3 million over the course of the 12 months, or just while the season is on? Never really knew how that worked.

[Chadd 916]

when players sign a "one year contract" for 3 million, does that mean he gets paid the 3 million over the course of the 12 months, or just while the season is on? Never really knew how that worked.

During the course of the season

[RadioGaGa 162]

If I was a player, I'd have any endorsement contracts worked to pay between April-Sept, so the cash flow never stops.

[wrangler 157]

And if I were his tax advisor, I'd recommend spreading out and deferring as much as possible, consistent with his needs for living expenses.

[Chadd 916]

If I was a player, I'd have any endorsement contracts worked to pay between April-Sept, so the cash flow never stops.

Any player good enough to get an endorsement probably doesn't need to worry about having an income stream in the offseason.

[RadioGaGa 162]

And if I were his tax advisor, I'd recommend spreading out and deferring as much as possible, consistent with his needs for living expenses.

What would it matter if it's all in the same tax year?

[wrangler 157]

It wouldn't, that's why spreading it out implies a period including more than one tax year.