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Top 100 career salaries.

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by rolyat93, Aug 26, 2012.

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  1. Cannonball

    Cannonball Member

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    TMAC - All Time Richest Rocket
     
    #21 Cannonball, Aug 27, 2012
  2. lionaire

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    Anyone else surprised to see Nene in the top 40?
     
    #22 lionaire, Aug 27, 2012
  3. Dairy Ashford

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    I remember it was around the '96 offseason that marquee player salaries got into the $10-15 million range; Magic Johnson was trying to re-negotiate to that level and I believe that's what ultimately killed his second comeback. I thought the biggest contract before that was Larry Johnson's $7-8 mm/year with the Knicks, and before then I remember Shaq's rookie contract at around $6 mm per made him the highest paid player in the league, so they eventually stuck in he rookie cap.
     
    #23 Dairy Ashford, Aug 27, 2012
  4. Asian Sensation

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    Lol @ Pippen blowing 109M + and being broke. Sucka ass.
     
    #24 Asian Sensation, Aug 27, 2012
  5. Asian Sensation

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    Why's it crazy? 2nd best center in the league go paid like it. :eek:
     
    #25 Asian Sensation, Aug 27, 2012
  6. Invisible Fan

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    How much do owners make a year (or over 10) to dole out scrill like that?
     
    #26 Invisible Fan, Aug 27, 2012
  7. Aleron

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    should be inflation indexed
     
    #27 Aleron, Aug 27, 2012
  8. nolimitnp

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    Baker! :eek::eek::eek:
     
    #28 nolimitnp, Aug 27, 2012
  9. LC Rox Fan

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    Lol Joe Johnson...
     
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    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.sports-reference.com/wg.fcgi?css=1&site=bbr&url=%2Fplayers%2Fm%2Fmcgratr01.html&div=div_totals"></script>

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    297 regular season games + 20 playoff gamse = 317 total games

    that's $272,767.74 a game for the Rockets!
     
    #30 tinman, Aug 27, 2012
  11. sefril

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    wow, surprised that nobody mention rank 49 yet,,
     
    #31 sefril, Aug 27, 2012
  12. Dairy Ashford

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    I think a better question would be how much they would lose if they didn't spend that much. Late season games for a small market team out of the playoff run in a mid or smaller sized city could practically be tax write-offs.
     
    #32 Dairy Ashford, Aug 27, 2012
  13. rolyat93

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    I think that was a typo and meant to be Kenyon Martin.
     
    #33 rolyat93, Aug 27, 2012
  14. ruhroh

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    Is the Blake Griffin number also a typo? He's only 1 mil away from D12 yet he's only been in the league for 2 years (plus that 1 year he was injured) lol
     
    #34 ruhroh, Aug 27, 2012
  15. rolyat93

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    Nope, it's for how much players are signed for. Griffin's contract goes on for a few years after this one.
     
    #35 rolyat93, Aug 27, 2012
  16. TheresTheDagger

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    Garnett 328 million and counting.

    Wow.
     
    #36 TheresTheDagger, Aug 28, 2012
  17. da_juice

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    NBA teams use some shady accounting and claim they lose money. Probably for taxes.
     
    #37 da_juice, Aug 28, 2012
  18. sammy

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    Duncan missed out on a lot of money by staying in college all 4 years. He's not complaining though.

    Did MJ really get paid that low until he made 30M per?

    There are so many over-paid players on that list.
     
    #38 sammy, Aug 28, 2012
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    They can thank Jordan certainly for the massive shoe deals they have.

    Shaq was one of the first to get a truly massive contract (7 years $121M).
     
    #39 juicystream, Aug 28, 2012
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    Joe Johnson at 6 makes my stomach hurt
     
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