Phoenix Suns To Morris Twins: Here’s $52 Million Dollars, Split It Up
In what may be the first of its kind, the Phoenix Suns have recently decided to give the Morris twins, Marcus and Markieff, 4-year extensions on their contracts but decided to give them $52 Million dollars, and have them decide how to split it.
That’s right, the Suns gave the twins $52 million dollars and have them decide how to split it. In a classic move the Phoenix Suns have accomplished two tasks at once, keeping the twins in Phoenix for four more season and not having to decide which twin is more valuable to the team.
Dave King of Brightsideofthesun.com got the inside scoop from President Of Basketball Operations Lon Babby.
“I did something I’ve never done before,” Lon Babby said to Bright Side of the Morris negotiations. “Once we agreed on the amount of money, I gave them the first crack at how to divide it up.”
“Once we agreed on the amount of money, I gave them the first crack at how to divide it up.”“I didn’t want there to be any disconnect,” he explained. “What I knew would happen is that they are each the best advocate for the other one. So Markieff is going to be worried about what Marcus is getting and Marcus is going to be worried about Markieff. I didn’t want to mess up that dynamic, so I gave them a chance and they came up with a good solution.”
According to reports, the twins didn’t have much trouble splitting up the money. Marcus signed for $5 million a year while brother Markieff signed for $8 million dollars a year, bringing their four-year extension totals to $32 million for Markieff and $20 million for Marcus. The money split seems to accurately relate to their 2013-14 production which goes into depth in the chart below from forbes.com
Overall the deal is good, the twins have proved to be effective players in the league especially since joining forces in 2013 in the valley of the sun. It only makes sense as well, they’ve played together since they were kids so why split them up now? Keep it together, after all, if it isn’t broke, no need to fix it.
