Do long term injured players (Yao) get full salary?

[Fabbs]

Or does the NBA have Work Comp too?
Sounds like Yao is getting full pay 17 mil a year.

Anyone know the injury/contract scene for the NBA?

[IronMexican]

As long as it's an NBA-related injury, they should get it, right? Not like it's Vlad getting injured Snowboarding(though, he still got his pay).

[ChumpDumper]

They get paid.

[mavs>spurs]

They get paid.

insurance company pays a percentage though. the player gets full salary but that's not all paid by his team.

[MavFan6488]

17 mill a year for doing nothing....just for being a tall ass chinese. damn

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Cripes the guy is injured. be nice.
His contract will be fully paid. After that we'll see.
If I were the Rockets I'd be thinking about moving on. They get an injury cap exemption of some kind. Buyout/retirement? How long does his contact run?

[TheProfessor]

Cripes the guy is injured. be nice.
His contract will be fully paid. After that we'll see.
If I were the Rockets I'd be thinking about moving on. They get an injury cap exemption of some kind. Buyout/retirement? How long does his contact run?
Yao's contract expires after this season. I haven't heard that they've gotten an injury exception, though they have gotten one before for Yao, no reason this should be any different. There's talk here of either trading his expiring contract or giving him a short extension, at a reduced price of course. If they do extend him, I can only imagine it would be for marketing purposes.

[DMC]

Teams want Yao whether he can play or not because he sells the shit out of merchandise in China.

[Drachen]

17 mill a year for doing nothing....just for being a tall ass chinese. damn

Damn man, I can't stop watching the animated gif in your signature, its freaky.

[ChumpDumper]

insurance company pays a percentage though. the player gets full salary but that's not all paid by his team.I believe that normally happens only if the player has to retire due to injury.

[nkdlunch]

do they get paid???

this is Bynum during his injury year, you do the math...

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[Dex]

http://www.tombellnj.com/demotivators/images/my_two_dollars.jpg

[mavs>spurs]

I believe that normally happens only if the player has to retire due to injury.

depends on how long he's out, not necessarily a career-ending injury imo. yao's never said he's going to retire after the season, so he's not officially done yet. :lol

[DJ Mbenga]

they get paid. for the teams the rockets get about 8 millon from insurance but yao gets paid no matter what

[ChumpDumper]

From the cap FAQ:


61. Are player contracts insured?

There is a league-wide policy that insures the contracts of around 150 players each season. The five most expensive contracts for each team are included, and teams have the option of submitting additional names for coverage. The carrier has the right to exclude 14 contracts per season, such as when they consider a player with a very large remaining contract to be a medical risk. For example they excluded Luol Deng in 2008-09 because he had $71 million remaining and a history of back injuries. The list of excluded players changes each year, so a player who is not covered one season might be covered the following season.

If an insured player is disabled, then there is a 41 game waiting period, after which the insurance company will pay 80% of the guaranteed portion of the player's base salary. Once a player is covered, the carrier can't exclude the player for the remainder of his current contract.

If the player is traded, his new team receives the benefit -- for example, even though Cuttino Mobley's heart condition was discovered prior to his trade to the Knicks, the Knicks received the insurance payout.http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q61

I wouldn't be surprised if the carrier excluded Yao's contract.