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2696946, Not many qualify:
Posted by auragin_boi, Thu May-23-19 01:56 PM
Right now it's only Steph, Harden, Wall and Russ who have them.

AD, Giannis, Lillard, Beal, Klay and Kemba are up next.

AD and Kemba might not even get theirs depending on how the summer goes. Will Wall already locked in, Wiz only road to rebuilding might be to trade Beal for assets so he'd miss out on his if it isn't signed prior to him being traded (which if he's being traded, a lower salary and thus cap hit is more desirable).

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To qualify for a supermax extension, a player has to be with the team he was on at the end of his rookie contract and entering his eighth, ninth or 10th year in the NBA. He also needs to have proved he's one of the most elite players in the league, in one of three ways:

• Winning MVP in any of the three most recent seasons;

• Winning Defensive Player of the Year in the most recent season or in the prior two seasons;

• Being named to an All-NBA team in the most recent season or in the prior two seasons.

Still, there is one other factor that isn't officially listed among the rules for supermax qualification, but might be the most important of all: the player has to want to re-sign with his current team, and the team has to want to give out the contract. Because, while the supermax extension was designed to help stem the tide of superstar player movement, it quickly became clear that wouldn't be the case.