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trumad

(41,692 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 01:20 AM Feb 2013

Best Basketball player on the planet---

13th in Salary

1. Kobe Bryant $27,849,000
2. Brandon Roy $21,459,805
3. Dirk Nowitzki $20,907,128
4. Gilbert Arenas $20,807,922
5. Amare Stoudemire $19,948,799
6. Joe Johnson $19,752,645
7. Carmelo Anthony $19,450,000
8. Dwight Howard $19,261,200
9. Pau Gasol $19,000,000
10. Elton Brand $18,160,354
11. Chris Paul $17,779,457
12. Kevin Durant $17,548,838
13. LeBron James $17,545,000
14. Chris Bosh $17,545,000
15. Deron Williams $17,177,795
16. Dwyane Wade $17,024,000
17. Paul Pierce $16,790,345
18. Zach Randolph $16,500,000
19. Andrew Bynum $16,473,002
20. Rudy Gay $16,460,532

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/16/3239243/nbas-best-player-lebron-james.html#storylink=cpy

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Best Basketball player on the planet--- (Original Post) trumad Feb 2013 OP
So now you are talking about salary, cboy? Next you will be dragging out the old madinmaryland Feb 2013 #1
Should they pay him as much as Kobe? hughee99 Feb 2013 #2
Good post--- trumad Feb 2013 #3
I didn't understand it at first reading of it, but I agree completely. n/t hughee99 Feb 2013 #5
Nope. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #4
I was thinking the same thing tishaLA Feb 2013 #6
Who the fsck is Brandon Roy? KamaAina Feb 2013 #7
Zach Randolph has been a terrific player for the Griz JonLP24 Feb 2013 #8
The Shanghai Sharks!!! KamaAina Feb 2013 #9
I don't think it is out of date. Arenas is in the last year of his 6 year deal, hughee99 Feb 2013 #10
Then that explains Roy's number JonLP24 Feb 2013 #11

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
2. Should they pay him as much as Kobe?
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 03:47 AM
Feb 2013

Do they get rid of Bosh or Wade to do it? I'm sure he could have gotten his $27+ million in Cleveland, but the money he gave up helped pay to put a championship team together. Ask him, I'll bet he'd say it was worth it.

In any case, he's the second highest paid basketball player once you factor in endorsements, and he makes about twice as much there then he does actually playing basketball.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/01/23/kobe-and-lebron-top-list-of-the-nbas-highest-paid-players/

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
7. Who the fsck is Brandon Roy?
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 01:35 PM
Feb 2013

Or Zach Randolph, for that matter?

I'm only a casual NBA fan, but shouldn't I at least have heard of someone who's in the Top 20?

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
8. Zach Randolph has been a terrific player for the Griz
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 05:44 PM
Feb 2013

His numbers haven't been so hot since his MCL tear last year but still good for a double-double every night and was their biggest contributor during their post-season run where they fell 7 games to the Oklahoma City Thunder and 7 games to the Clippers the following season.

I think something is off w/ Roy's salary. He is making $5.10 million this year. That number has to be from his final Portland season where he was a great player until his knees went so bad he retired. He signed w/ the Timberwolves this season on a 2-year contract.

On edit - I think this list is seriously outdated since Gilbert Arenas plays for the Shanghai Sharks

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
10. I don't think it is out of date. Arenas is in the last year of his 6 year deal,
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:53 PM
Feb 2013

and even though he was waived under the amnesty clause (for cap purposes) they still have to pay out his deal.

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