The Detroit Pistons Are Providing The Brandon Miller Contract Playbook

The Detroit Pistons are in a standoff with Jalen Duren. From a future financial and flexibility standpoint, they've played things perfectly. Will the Hornets follow their playbook?

The Charlotte Hornets are going to be giving Brandon Miller an extension… at some point. He’s currently extension-eligible coming off of this third NBA season.

Miller looks the part of a franchise cornerstone. 6-foot-8 wings that score 20 point per game do not grow on trees, and while he’s certainly a valuable player, he also has yet to make an All-Star game or get All-NBA consideration.

That makes projecting his contract extension much more difficult.

Most project Miller to make between $35-39M annually on his contract extension.

However, there’s a situation developing in the NBA that I think the Hornets are going to look at as the playbook for how they will (eventually) handle Miller’s extension.

Let’s dive into it.

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