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How can you write that whole thing and not discuss the biggest issue teams are looking at when considering this oft-injured player? HE WANTS $250 FULLY GUARANTEED!

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* $250 million

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Plus, under the CBA, the owners need to come up with that money *upfront* and put it in escrow. No easy task, even for someone worth a few billion.

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I will happily pay him $250 guaranteed

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Exactly. The comp to Jones' ostensible salary is fairly meaningless. His real deal is for $90 mil, and Jackson (or his mom) doesn't seem to want to budge off of $250 mil. That is not in the same universe.

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