17 Athletes Who Made the Biggest Mistakes Turning Down Big Paydays

Such is the case with Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis, who declined a four-year, $146 million extension in January 2020 in the hopes that he could make even more as a free agent, Yahoo! Terrelle Pryor was offered a four-year, $32.5 million deal by the Cleveland Browns — with $17 million guaranteed — and he turned it down, Cleveland.com reported. All-Star shortstop Nomar Garciaparra turned down a four-year, $60 million contract extension with the Boston Red Sox after the team offered him as the bait for a potential trade with the Texas Rangers to acquire Alex Rodriguez, ESPN reported.