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7 for 1 big deal! Signed for 287 million in 5 years! The eastern landscape has completely changed

10:25am, 8 July 2025【Basketball】

In the early morning of July 8, according to the NBA reporter Shams, Benkairo agreed to sign a five-year, $287 million designated rookie contract extension with the Magic. The guaranteed amount of this contract is US$239 million in five years. If Ban Kairo is selected for the Best Team next season, gets MVP or DPOY, the total contract amount will become 287 million!

told Ban Kairo that MVP and DPOY are out of reach, and what is more realistic is to hit the best lineup. Even if you are selected into the third team, you can still get 287 million. The contract renewal will be executed from the 2026-27 season and will expire in the summer of 2031. The picture below is a comparison of annual salary. When Ban Kairo got 287 million, his starting salary was $49.5 million.

If you only look at the total contract, Bankairo's 5-year 287 million yuan will become the largest contract this year's offseason. If the average annual salary is calculated, he is quite different from Alexander (285 million in 4 years). Ban Kairo was born on November 12, 2002 and is currently under 23 years old. When the contract expires in the summer of 2031, Bankairo is less than 29 years old.

Ban Kairo is the NBA No. 1 pick in 2022, and he is also the first player to get the maximum salary in the 2022 class. Jabary Smith, a Jr., signed $122 million in five years with the Rockets, and neither the second-place pick, Homgren and No. 12-study Jaylen Williams have yet to renew their contracts. If nothing unexpected happens, Jewe will also get a contract with the same amount as his partner Kairo.

In the 2024-25 season, Benkairo only played 46 regular season games due to injury, averaged 34.4 minutes per game, scored 25.9 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.9 turnovers, with three shooting percentages: 45.3%, 32%, 72.7%. On November 1, 2024, Bankailo was diagnosed with a tear on his right oblique muscle and did not return until January 11 this year.

In the first round of this year's playoffs, the Magic lost to the Celtics 1-4. Ban Kairo averaged 39.4 minutes per game, scoring 29.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.8 blocks and 3 turnovers, with three shooting percentages: 43.5%, 44.4%, 65.9%. Except for the many mistakes, the other data is perfect enough for him at the age of 22. There are three large contracts in the Magic: Wagner Jr. will be $224 million in five years, expires in 2030, Bain will be $200 million in five years, expires in 2029; Sargers will be $150 million in five years, expires in 2030. Since the 2010-11 season, the Magic have kept their salary under the luxury tax line for 14 consecutive years. Starting next season, the Magic will have to pay a luxury tax.

Since the offseason, the Magic have become the team that spent the most money and draft picks in the East. Halliburton confirmed his reimbursement next season, and Tatum will find it difficult to make a comeback next season, and the Magic want to break out of the East. On June 15 this year, the Magic gave Pope, Cole Anthony, four first-round swap rights to the Grizzlies, and the 7-for-1 trade was obtained by Bain.

Magic signed Tyame Jones for $7 million a year and $5 million a year and Wagner back. In the past four seasons, Jones has sent 1,655 assists, with only 277 turnovers, and the assist-and-turnover ratio has reached an astonishing 6-1! In the next seven years, the Magic will have 4 first-round picks and 9 second-round picks, and it is not possible to continue trading next season.

Bayers and Celtics have core players seriously injured. Do you think the Magic can break out of the East next season?