Moreover, Dell Curry is Ah Gan's good friend, a loyal follower on and off the court. Buckwalter offered him a contract with an annual salary of 1.2 million US Dollars, hoping to keep Curry.
Keeping Curry was not only to retain existing strength but also in hopes that this signing would move Ah Gan and prevent him from retiring.
As it turned out, Buckwalter, an old-fashioned manager, misjudged the NBA free market of the '90s. He didn't realize that the NBA world today is different from the past.
An annual salary of a million dollars is no longer a big deal, with teams waving checkbooks to sign talents lavishly.
The Houston Rockets secured the first pick of 1993; they got Chris Weber, the leader of the Michigan Five. It is reported that they are ready to offer Weber a super long, mega contract valued at 75 million US dollars over 15 years to retain this talented interior player.
