Overview
- The five-year extension begins in the 2026-27 season and guarantees Paolo Banchero $239 million, with the opportunity to earn an additional $48 million through performance incentives.
- The deal includes a player option for the 2030-31 season, marking the first rookie-scale extension to feature such an option since 2021.
- Supermax triggers tied to All-NBA, Most Valuable Player or Defensive Player of the Year honors can elevate Banchero’s base salary to the league’s top tier.
- Orlando now has its young core—Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs—under contract for the next five seasons, alongside Desmond Bane through 2028-29.
- Despite missing 34 games last season with a torn oblique, Banchero averaged career highs of 25.9 points and 7.5 rebounds and has scored at least 20 points per game in each of his first three NBA seasons.