Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero is eligible for a five-year, $247 million contract extension, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks.
Paolo Banchero earns $34.87 million in NBA career
The 22-year-old Banchero will enter his four-year, the final season of the $50.15 million rookie deal. This means that in the 2024-25 season, third-year career income was $34.87 million.
“I don't know men. When I signed a rookie, I was in my mind [contract],” Banchero told The Landscape in a recent interview. “So, I really didn’t think about it much. That's why I'm brought me back now. I haven't really said this number or I don't even know what the number is or what it will be.
Paolo Banchero is in the process of possible expansion: “This is where I love spending time here. My family loves spending time here. I'm so glad to be a part of Orlando Magic. I look forward to spending many years here.”
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“But if I could sign with the team and lock in the future, it was a blessing and hopefully all of this would be solved. It's the goal of every young player to enter this league, build yourself early, get a second contract. So when the time comes, I'm sure, we're sure, everything we don't know. I don't know. They say more money.
The defending NBA champion Boston Celtics won the first playoff series against the Magic after advancing to the Eastern League semi-finals by 120-89 in Game 5 on April 29.
In those five games, Banchero averaged 29.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists, while the floor shot 43.5% from the field and surpassed 44.4% from the ARC and 65.9% from the free throw line.
Magic have not won the playoff series since 2010
The Magic have not won the playoff series since coaches Dwight Howard, Vince Carter and Stan Van Gundy led them to the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals.
“It's weird. Last night I was just sitting watching the playoffs and I kept thinking I was going to bed because I had a game,” Banchero said in the Magician's practice facility on May 1.
“That's what I think. I kept thinking, 'I have to go to bed, drink my electrolytes, prepare for the game.” And then I thought, “We really don't have a game.” …It's sucked, because this one [is] The second one [time] You're going out in the first round. ”
In 46 games this season, Banchero has a career high of 25.9 points and 7.5 rebounds, with 4.8 assists and 34.4 minutes per game. The All-Star Wing also shot 45.2% from the field, 32% from three-pointers, and 72.7% from the free throw line.
On October 28, Orlando beat the Indiana Pacers 119-115, he scored a career-high 50 points (61.5%) in 16 of 26 shots (61.5%), hitting 9 (33.3%) from the floor and scoring 3 points (33.3%) from foul line.
