Cover The 2023 NBA Draft Class's Seven Rookie Extensions, Ranked: $1.23B Total$1.23BRising Brandon Miller▲Rising Payton Pritchard▲
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The 2023 NBA Draft Class's Seven Rookie Extensions, Ranked: $1.23B Total

Seven 2023 first-rounders have signed rookie-scale extensions worth about $1.23 billion combined. Ranked by value, the draft order and the paychecks barely match.

By Absolute BallerOCT 22, 20266 min read
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$1.23Bseven five-year extensions, added from the reported totals
$252M vs. $110Mtop and bottom of the class: Wembanyama and Podziemski
Oct. 19rookie-extension deadline; unsigned players head to restricted free agency

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