<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'>1. Shaquille O'Neal Miami $20,000,0002. Allan Houston New York $19,125,000-. Chris Webber Philadelphia $19,125,0004. Michael Finley Dallas / San Antonio $18,612,5005. Kevin Garnett Minnesota $18,000,0006. Stephon Marbury New York $16,453,125-. Allen Iverson Philadelphia $16,453,1258. Jason Kidd New Jersey $16,440,0009. Jermaine O'Neal Indiana $16,425,00010. Brian Grant LA Lakers / Phoenix $16,128,43811. Kobe Bryant LA Lakers $15,946,87512. Tim Duncan San Antonio $15,845,15613. Anfernee Hardaway Orlando $15,750,00014. Grant Hill Orlando$15,694,250-. Keith Van Horn Dallas $15,694,250-. Jalen Rose New York $15,694,250-. Tracy McGrady Houston $15,694,25018. Eddie Jones Memphis$14,560,00019. Tim Thomas Chicago / Phoenix $14,364,06320. Antonio Davis Toronto $13,860,00021. Antawn Jamison Washington $13,843,157-. Vince Carter New Jersey $13,843,157-. Dirk Nowitzki Dallas $13,843,157-. Paul Pierce Boston $13,843,15725. Baron Davis Golden State $13,770,000-. Shawn Marion Phoenix $13,770,000-. Steve Francis New York $13,770,00028. Ray Allen Seattle $13,223,14029. Elton Brand LA Clippers $13,152,00030. Larry Hughes Cleveland $12,344,900</div>Finley,Webber,and Houston with some fat contracts,I seriously think in order for the Knicks to get any good they need to drop those contracts.And Brian Grant with a better contract then Kobe?
finley doesn't have a fat contract with the spurs though, most of the money is coming from cuban, we got him at vet minwe signed him to a three year deal, this is how it breaks down:first year- $2,675,000 second year- $2,889,000 third year- $3,103,000
Ughh I hate Brian Grant he owes the Lakers a 15 and 10 season.What's the point of this thread though? Everyone already knows how people in the NBA get grosly overpaid.
Houston is sitting on his couch right now laughing at all the money he is getting, he is the highest paid retired player in the history of the NBA.
Yeah it worked out great for him, maybe guaranteed contracts aren't a good idea. We don't need another lockout though.
This is definetly a players league. The only way to get a good squad is to draft really well or take a chance on a bust.
The owners don't excatly get a shaft, either, though. I mean, the players in the NBA are about as spoiled as you can get. I was watching Around the Horn a few days ago and Tony Reali brought up a great point. It's funny how in the NBA $48 million will get you Darius Miles, but in the MLB that will get you David Ortiz or Derrick Lee.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ballorama @ Apr 22 2006, 12:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I dont understand why BBall Players are paid soo much.</div>It's simple and basic economics... supply and demand.
Simply put:Look at all the revenue an NBA team generates (ticket sales, merchandise sales, television contracts, etc.). Now, there is a supply of NBA players, and there is a demand for talented players. The more talented you are, the more you are going to get paid. The less talented you are, the less you are going to get paid (well, theoretically, but then again there are dumbass GMs).The players currently get 57-63% of the profits the team makes (I think that is the number range), so that is why the owners are able to pay players so much.EDIT: I remember reading a better explanation in my macroeconomics textbook. I'll look it up and post it here, and that should explain it a little bit better.
The Market for Professional BasketballToward the end of the 1970s, the National Basketball Association (NBA) seemed on the verge of collapse. Attendance had sunk to little more than half capacity. Some teams were nearly bankrupt. Championship games didn't even get prime-time television coverage. But in the 1980s, three superstars turned things around. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson attracted millions of new fans and breathed new life into the sagging league. Now a generation of new stars, including Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and LeBron James, continue to fuel interest.Since 1980, game attendance has doubled, and the league expanded from 22 to 30 teams. New franchises sold for record amounts. More importantly, league revenue from broadcast rights jumped more than 40-fold from $19 million per year during the 1978-1987 contract to $785 million per year during 2002-2008 contract. Popularity also increased around the world as international players, such as Yao Ming, joined the league (basketball is now the most widely played team sport among young people in China). NBA rosters in 2003 included 80 international players from 36 countries. The NBA formed marketing alliances with global companies such as Coca-Cola and McDonald's, and league playoffs are now televised around the world.What's the key resource in production of NBA games? Talented players. Exhibit 10 shows the market for NBA players, with demand and supply in 1980 as D1980 and S1980. The intersection of these two curves generated an average pay in 1980 of $170,000, or $0.17 million, for the 300 or so players in the league. Since 1980, the talent pool expanded some-what, shifting the supply curve a bit rightward from S1980 to S2003 (almost by definition, the supply of the top few hundred players in the world is limited). But demand exploded from D1980 to D2003. With supply relatively fixed, the greater demand boosted average pay to $4.1 million by 2003 for the 400 or so players in the league. Such pay attracts younger and younger players. For example, Kevin Garnett, whose $28 million salary topped the league in 2003, entered the NBA in 1995 right out of high school. LeBron James, the top pick in the 2003 NBA draft, and heir apparent to Michael Jordan, also had just graduated from high school.But rare talent alone does not command high pay. For example, top rodeo riders, top bowlers, and top women basketball players also possess rare talent, but the demand for their talent is not enough to support pay anywhere near NBA levels. Demand is also critical. Some sports aren't even popular enough to support professional leagues (for example, the U.S. women's pro soccer league folded in 2003). NBA players are now the highest-paid team athletes in the world--earning 60 percent more than pro baseball's average and at least double that for pro football and pro hockey. Both demand and supply determine average pay.
