No, Bismack Biyombo’s postseason surge won’t be enough to push him to a full max-contract when he opts out of his current deal this summer—probably not, at least. But he’s certainly made the prospect of re-signing him a difficult one for the Raptors, and has earned himself a sizable payday.

“For someone like (Biyombo), I think when you look at a guy like Tyson Chandler and what he got from Phoenix last summer (four years, $52 million), that’s where you start for a contract,” one Eastern Conference GM told Sporting News. “But you factor in the cap spike and it’s probably going to be high, I’d say, $16-17 million. It’ll be a heck of a $17 million-per-year gamble.”

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That’s a sizable raise for a guy the Raptors signed for two years and less than $6 million last summer, with a player option this year. It’s also a gamble on a player who averaged 5.5 points and 8.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks a game this year — though only in 22.2 minutes.

And another Eastern Conference executive said Biyombo’s price tag could wind up being even a bit higher. “With the way free agency could wind up going, three years and $60 (million) would be my guess,” he said.

Biyombo is only 23 years old, but even that might be a gamble. When he entered the draft in 2011, he said he was born in 1992. Privately, team executives expressed doubt about that, and there was a rumor that Biyombo was, in fact, 22. Even if that rumor were true, Biyombo would be only 27 now and worthy of a three- or four-year commitment. But one GM did reiterate that the question of Biyombo’s age was not entirely resolved.

Still, the Raptors want to keep Biyombo. At his projected price, though, they will not have that option. The contract extension the team gave center Jonas Valanciunas — whose ankle injury early this month opened the way for Biyombo’s postseason heroics — kicks in next season, and he will begin by earning $14.3 million in the first year of a four-year deal worth $64 million.

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Making a similar commitment to Biyombo means tying up in the range of $30 million per year for a starter and backup at a position that is decreasing in importance in the NBA. At the same time, the Raptors are hoping to re-sign DeMar DeRozan in the summer, which will require a max deal.

The Raptors also have no distinct advantage in keeping Biyombo aboard, other than his desire to stay. Because he only signed last summer, Toronto does not have Biyombo’s Bird Rights, so they can’t sign him if they’re over the salary cap and they don’t have the advantage of giving him a longer or better contract.

And the Raptors can expect plenty of competition. There will be an influx of cap space this summer — about $1 billion worth — and there is not a deep roster of free agents available. Players will be overpaid, which makes the Biyombo breakout so perfectly timed.

It also helps that some well-heeled and high-profile teams will be in need of a center who brings rim protection this summer. Boston GM Danny Ainge said that would be among the Celtics’ top targets, and Boston will be a team with interest in Biyombo. So will the Lakers, as they are known to be eagerly seeking a defensive big man to put with Julius Randle in the frontcourt.

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That won’t be all, of course. Chicago or Houston — attractive big markets — might well need a center this summer, and Biyombo would fit with a burgeoning young playoff team like Portland. What’s most critical is that the team landing Biyombo has the confidence in him to make him a starter. The money he will warrant will make him too expensive to bench.

"Tyson Chandler, Ben Wallace, someone like that, that is what you hope he becomes next year,” the East GM said. “He is never going to be a big-time offensive guy. But as much scoring that goes out to the perimeter, that would not matter on a lot of rosters. He can be a starter somewhere.”

That’s true. Just not likely in Toronto.