TheBallerLife.com has learned that NBA star point guard Mike Conley is getting ready to resign with the Memphis Grizzlies to the biggest contract in NBA history for 5 years…..for a whopping $153 million dollars.
According to ESPN, this deal totals an average annual value of more than $30 million per year. Sources told ESPN that the verbal agreement would be sealed Friday night and the final details were “nearing conclusion.”
Let’s do the math!! A yearly NBA season consists of players playing 82 games…not including the playoffs. If you divide 30 million per year by 82 games, that calculates to a whopping $365,853 per game. Holy cow!!!
When this deal is officiallly signed, Conley will be just the third player to earn more than $30 million dollars in a season, joining retired superstars Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
Watch the video below for more details on Conley’s mega-deal…
In addition to getting ready to sign the biggest ever contract in NBA history, Mike is also preparing to be a father.
Mike and his wife Mary are expecting a baby boy. Mary revealed that their little bundle of joy will be named ‘Myles’.
Mike and Mary are college sweethearts who first met at Ohio State University. The happy parents-to-be married in Ohio at Franklin Park Conservatory, on Saturday, July 5th, 2014.
Photo Source/Credit: Mary Conley