Milwaukee Bucks' Jrue Holiday only needed to play 8 seconds to secure a $306K bonus
The Milwaukee Bucks seemingly had more to gain by losing Sunday's regular-season finale, as dropping to the East's No. 3 seed would have them avoiding a potential first-round matchup with the Brooklyn Nets.
So, Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer rolled out a starting lineup that could've doubled as the Bucks' G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd.
There was one notable exception, though. Jrue Holiday was in the starting lineup, but he was never actually going to play.
Holiday's contract had a $306,000 incentive bonus if he could play 67 games this season. Needing just one more appearance to hit that threshold, Budenholzer elected to send Holiday out there to get his money. All it took was eight seconds.
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The Cavaliers won the opening tip, Holiday took a foul right away and was subbed out. But hey, he got his bonus. It also said a lot about Budenholzer that he was willing to play Holiday for the sole purpose of getting him his bonus. Shades of Tom Brady with Gronk there.
It was the easiest $306K Holiday will ever make, and his teammates loved it.
The Bucks ended up losing, 133-115, to the Cavs to lock up the No. 3 seed in the East.