{"id":1225003,"date":"2020-08-25T22:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T02:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1225003"},"modified":"2020-08-25T22:55:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T02:55:25","slug":"the-first-nba-player-to-sign-a-100-million-contract-isnt-who-youd-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/the-first-nba-player-to-sign-a-100-million-contract-isnt-who-youd-think\/","title":{"rendered":"The First NBA Player to Sign a $100 Million Contract Isn't Who You'd Think"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It's not a rare thing in the NBA<\/a> these days to see someone sign a $100 million contract. Some of the top guys in the league are making that amount in just a few years. In 2019 alone, 18 contracts worth $100 million or more were signed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But at one point in time, signing that big of a deal was certainly not a common thing. Some of the best NBA players<\/a> in history never signed a $100 million deal. But as the league continued to grow in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, salaries grew along with it. So who was the first player to sign that record-breaking deal? Michael Jordan<\/a>? Nope. Shaquille O'Neal? Nope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's likely safe to say that not too many people would guess the answer even if you gave them multiple tries so we'll just go ahead and give you the answer. In our best 30 for 30<\/em> voice: What if we told you that Juwan Howard<\/a> was the first player in NBA history to sign a $100 million deal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juwan Howard's career with the ‘Fab Five' at Michigan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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