1. Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks) – $19.4 million 2. Ben Gordon (Charlotte Bobcats) – $12.4 million 3. Joe Johnson (Brooklyn Nets) – $19.75 million 4. Hedo Turkoglu (Orlando Magic) – $11.8 million 5. Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks) – $20.9 million 6. Corey Maggette (Detroit Pistons) – $10.9 million 7. Rudy Gay (Toronto Raptors) – $16.5 million 8. Stephen Jackson (San Antonio Spurs) – $10.1 million 9. Chris Kaman (Dallas Mavericks) – $8 million 10. Arron Afflalo (Orlando Magic) – $7.8 million Link I have at least one problem with the article and list. I'm no Melo fan, but it seems that he rates the "most overpaid" distinction because he's paid more than, but not as good as Kevin Durant. By this definition, every NBA player who makes more than Durant, except Lebron, is overpaid. No Bulls on the list...Yay!
No Andris Biedrins or Richard Jefferson? Villanueva? Bargnani? Andrew Bynum? Melo isn't really overpaid. Hes a max player and hes leading a good team. He has deficiencies but if he was paid less than max he would be a good value. Kind of the same thing with Dirk. He had a rough year dealing with injuries but he certainly deserved that contract. I'm not convinced hes totally done. Maybe you wouldn't sign him to a max deal if he was an FA this year, but he was a franchise player recently and an injury riddled season doesn't necessarily mean hes done.
Gordon was way underpaid for what he produced as a Bull. It evens out. At least that is what I think the idea should be. Joe Johnson isn't overpaid either. The Nets were a .333 win team last season and they're way over .500 with his addition and the return of Brook Lopez.
And if you're a fan of the home team, it's best when you took advantage of the underpaid years and another team pays the freight for the years that even things out...all good. Obviously, the tough part is attributing the appropriate amount of credit to J. Johnson and B. Lopez. Essentially, both were absent last season. Johnson's had a lousy stats season relative to what he's paid. If you've watched his games and believe that his contributions to the team's improvement go beyond the stats, I'll take your word for it (I haven't seen many Nets games this season).
Yep. Step on players' throats. Get 'em to work for $.10 a day like in the coal mines. They ain't worth shit. It's organizations, after all, that win championships. Except this organization isn't winning them. During the Bulls game the other night, the Nets announcers were saying how the last second shot and clutch shots were typically taken by Johnson. And when he's out there, he's drawing double teams, allowing his teammates to play 4 on 3.
I can never tell when you're serious or just playin'. The "$.10 a day" and "coal mines" thing applied to men who average $5mil/year makes me think that you're playin'. If by any chance you ain't playin', you may need an intervention of some sort. Good to see that you're able to rise above the measuarables based solely on the comments of the home team announcers.
He made $5M one season with the Bulls. The money is relative, though. To the $billions (literally) made by the ownership group. When your profit is $55M, there clearly is every reason to squeeze the players for every dime you can. /sarcasm He had the same role with Atlanta, too.
For the math-challenged, the Bulls' annual operating income (according to Forbes) is $34.2mil which means that, if they maintained this income performance, it would take the Bulls over 29 years to to earn one single billion dollars, much less "$billions (literally)." Not sure what the point is regarding the oppressed millionaires that make up the NBA Players Association.
Paid $19M for the team, it's value is $800M. That's 80% of the way to the first $billion. The $34.2M is for the shortened season, right? Forbes says (http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/32/basketball-valuations-11_Chicago-Bulls_321267.html) Operating income for 2010 was $51M, and the valuation is up $300M since. 10 years of $51M is another 1/2 $billion.
