NIL Hitting the NBA Draft? Prospective champion Flagg earned 2 times more than his annual salary in his freshman year

NBA Mavericks draw this year's draft pick with a super low chance, no surprise should choose from Duke's super freshman Flagg (Cooper Flagg), now statistics point out that Flagg's freshman year relying on the NIL to get the sponsorship amount, is expected to be about 2 times his annual salary in the first year of the NBA, and the NIL system on the road, but also let the trend of abandoning the school draft, there are signs of decline.

Flagg is the favourite for this year's top prize

If Flagg joins the league as the champion, he is expected to sign a four-year contract of $62.7 million, and the annual salary of the rookie is about $13.8 million, but according to senior American media person Howard Bryant, in fact, Flagg earned about $28 million from NIL in his freshman year at Duke. Bryan said the $28 million came from two endorsements, $13 million for New Balance and $15 million for Fanatics, which together are almost twice the annual salary of a rookie.

However, CBS questioned the amount, as sponsorship appointments are usually signed on multiple-year contracts, and the report believes that Brian's proposal is most likely the total amount of the contract, rather than the amount he actually received in a year at Duke. Regardless of the actual contract amount of Flagg, after the NIL system was put on the road and college players could also sign sponsorship contracts, the trend of abandoning the draft in the past seems to have begun to be affected, and some college star players will announce their withdrawal from the draft and return to school when they cannot get the guarantee of winning the draft and the order is not as expected, NBA officials only announced a few days ago that 50 players who applied for the "early registration" draft this year have announced their withdrawal from the draft.