It s so irritating! Why can you only get the E9 contract as strong as Brogdon?

That's the thing. Not long ago, Shams reported that the Knicks reached a signing agreement with free agent Brogden. Then the Knicks reporter Ian Begley added that Brogden signed a one-year non-guarantee contract. At that time, it was generally believed that Brogden should have signed a non-guarantee basic salary.

Then recently, the Knicks officially announced Brogdon's signing news - the signing was not surprising, after all, the news about Shams is basically no mistake. Surprisingly, Brogdon's signing was just an Exhibit 9 contract.

Let's briefly introduce the Exhibit 9 and Exhibit 10 contracts (to be precise, it should be a contract with these two clauses). These two contracts can often be seen during the offseason. They have similarities, but they are different:

Exhibit 9 is a clause that allows teams to reduce risks and get more players, because according to the NBA regulations, if a player holding a non-guaranteed contract is injured while playing for the team, his contract for the season will be directly transferred to a guarantee. This regulation protects the players, but has damaged the enthusiasm of each team to sign people during the offseason. Even if a maximum of 20 people can be signed in the preseason, some teams are unwilling to try it easily. After all, if a player is injured, he has to occupy a place.

Exhibit 9 solved this problem, which stipulates that if a player with such a contract is injured during training camp, the team only needs to pay him a limited amount (the current labor agreement is $15,000) to cut him off.

Exihibit 10 is also a common clause in a bootcamp contract, but it is different from Exhibit 9, which is a bootcamp contract with a bonus that can be converted into a two-way contract (the bonus limit for active labor agreements is $85,300).

Before the start of the regular season, each team must decide whether to convert the Exhibit 10 contract player into a two-way contract. If it is successfully converted into a two-way contract, you can get the guaranteed salary of the two-way contract. If it is laid off and the player plays for 60 days in the team's Development League team, you can get the bonus agreed before the signing of the contract. It is worth mentioning that Zeng Fanbo and the Nets reached an Exhibit 10 contract this summer.

Back to Brogdon, he knew that he was having difficulty finding a job. After all, the free market environment is very poor this summer, but unexpectedly, Brogdon could only sign an Exhibit 9 contract.

You should know that just two years ago, Brogden was elected the NBA's sixth best man of the year. That year, he played a total of 67 games for the Celtics, averaging 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 48.4%/44.4%/87.0% in three events.

In the final vote, Brogden defeated many substitutes, including Quickley of the Knicks, Portis of the Bucks, Powell of the Clippers and Monk of the Kings.

However, it was also in the 2023 offseason that Brogden was sent to the Trail Blazers in Holiday's trade, and then in the summer of 2024, the Trail Blazers sent it to the Wizards in exchange for Avdia.

For a player who just won the Sixth Man two years ago, the experience in the past two years is indeed not good, but objectively speaking, Brogden's performance in the past two years is not particularly good:

-2023-24 season, averaging 15.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.5 assists per game, 44.0% of the field shooting percentage, 41.2% of the three-point shooting percentage, 41.2% of the 2024-25 season, averaging 12.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, 43.3% of the field shooting percentage, and 28.6% of the three-point shooting percentage, were not bad during the Trail Blazers, but during the Wizards, his shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage were both the lowest in his career, and his real shooting percentage was only 54.4%, which was much lower than when he was with the Celtics two years ago (61.5%).

and another important thing is that Brogdon has only played 39 games and 24 games in the past two years, which is also one of the biggest problems around Brogdon. His attendance rate is really poor, and he had this problem before when he was in the Bucks and Pacers.

Pure personal opinion, although he is 32 years old, with Brogdon's three-pointers and organizational level (average of 4.7 assists and 38.8% of three-point shooting percentage), if he is healthy, it should be fine to get a basic salary.

The reason why I can only get an Exhibit 9 contract is the problem:

1. Brogdon's performance last season was at a career low

2. Brogdon's attendance rate is really bad, and all teams are worried

3. Brogdon's foot injury is worse than expected, which has led to an irreversible decline

4. The free market environment this year is indeed poor, including Westbrook and others, and they have not signed the contract

5. Brogdon wanted to go to New York, even if he could only pass the Exhibit 9 contract

What needs to be said is that the Knicks gave an Exhibit 9 contract or Exhibit this summer Not only Brogden has the 10 contracts, including Shamet, Ryan, Matt Ryan, this year's No. 51 pick Diavala, Bryson Warren, last year's undraft pick, and G League player Dinkpet signed training camp contracts containing one of these two terms. These people will also strive for the remaining places for the Knicks.

Back to Brogdon, many fans will remember that he, who was a second-round pick, defeated Ingram, Jaylen Brown and others to win the best rookie in the rookie year, and later helped the Bucks win 60 wins. He also served as the starting point guard during the Pacers..

Even as we said, he was the NBA's sixth best man two years ago, but the NBA has changed so quickly. I hope to see him in the Knicks next season.