Report: Kings, Buddy Hield Agree to 4 Year, $86M Guaranteed Deal with Incentives

The Buddy Hield contract negotiation saga appears to be coming to an end. Monday, on the day of the deadline for the Kings to sign Hield to an extension, The Athletic’s Sam Amick has reported that a deal has been agreed upon.

Source tells @TheAthletic the Kings have agreed to terms on a four-year extension with Buddy Hield worth $86 million in guaranteed money and with $20 million in possible incentives. Big win for both sides to avoid a split here. sides.https://t.co/OzTdN4l1wc

— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) October 21, 2019

Four years, $86 million is less than the original reported $90M offer that the Kings had on the table last week. However, that offer, which Hield appeared to be offended by, didn’t include the $20 million of incentives as this deal.

More details, per source: The incentives in Buddy Hield's Kings extension are team and player based, including things like All-Star appearances and Finals appearances. His salary declines 8% year over year, and is slated to take up just 13.5% of the cap in the fourth year.

— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) October 21, 2019

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, some of the incentives are so achievable for Hield, the base salary is projected to raise to $94 million quickly.

Deal includes exceedingly reachable bonuses (Top 10 three-point shooting, etc.) that get $86M base guarantee to $94M. Tougher climb to $106M. https://t.co/pJxIJyDKch

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 21, 2019

Hield is one of the NBA’s top shooters, converting on over 42% of threes taken in each of the last two seasons. Sacramento opens up their 2019-20 regular season on Wednesday in Phoenix against the Suns.

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