Pay For Star-Quality Play: Trey Burke Cashes In

Trey Burke has a fresh reason to smile.

Benji Burke negotiated a sweet deal for his son, Trey, who quit UM this spring to go pro.

The 20-year-old point guard will make $2,438,760 in the first year of a four-year deal with the Utah Jazz, Kyle Meinke writes at AnnArbor.com. That's the top NBA level for a No. 9 pick.

He will command $4,987,320 in his first two professional seasons, with the Jazz holding team options for the following two years. . .

The point guard was a two-year starter at Michigan, and bloomed into the consensus national player of the year last year. He led the Wolverines to the title game, where they lost to Louisville.

Burke was selected ninth overall last month by the Minnesota Timberwolves, then traded to the Jazz.