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Jupitersa2
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P612,000/a month is way higher than the max rookie salary in PBA. Even higher than the max for veterans in PBA. Take note, this just a MINIMUM ROOKIE contract. Thirdy is no longer a rookie in BLG next season. He might have received more and I believe, even with under the table bonuses, BLG's salary is way higher.
Per level of competition, BLG is good naman. Thirdy is always against the opposing teams' 2 or 3 position players, who are usually imports or national team mainstays. So Thirdy's ability to defend will always be tested here.
Thirdy is not being paid as a Rookie in the B-League. He is being paid as an Import. As per this article
https://www.josecolorado.com/blog/japan-basketball-league-salaries
"But it gets juicer because Ravena’s agent confirmed to The Manila Times that his client would be “compensated as an import,” likely jumping his salary into the $200K - $400K/per year range."
The lowest import salary would be $200k which is 9.59m PHP per year and that's not counting whatever endorsement that comes for him while in Japan. His popularity is still rising.