Always wondered how this works? The talk about endorsement $$ got me thinking... I'm certain they get more per diem, but salary wise, do they get prorated paychecks for every extra game they play?
Good find! Wonder how they split up that $ among the players. Maybe they use the same % as their salaries would stack up on the payroll for the regular season?
Even split, in fact, at least in baseball, the players can vote to give shares to people not on the roster even, maybe someone who was injured right before the playoffs, or traded mid season. Same as with championship rings. A few years ago when the giants were playing the rangers in the WS, Benjie Molina was voted a ring for both teams if they won
So TRob can potentially make as much money in the playoffs as Aldridge? Hmm interesting. No wonder so many scrub vets go ring chasing
For last season: To come up with the amount, the financial services web site broke down the take-home pay the Miami Heat would get from beating the San Antonio Spurs— and then divided the money to come up with a final figure for the NBA superstar. So here's what they found based on a $13 million figure—the total amount available for teams that made the playoffs this year, according to the NBA. We can start the money count with the teams that had the best record in their conference. There are two conferences, and the two teams with the best record were the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat. They get $328,078 each. Next, since the Heat had the best record for the season, that team gets an additional $347,947, according to the playoff rules. Now, each team that is in the first round of the playoffs, win or lose, gets $194,016. So we can add that to the Heat money pot. And we can throw in second round playoff money—$230,853 for each team—as well as third round money: $381,482. And the team that wins the NBA title gets $2,302,232 all to themselves. So if the Heat win, they get a total amount of $3,784,608. That's not all that much from what's expected to be a grueling championships series. But it's about to get even smaller for the team. That's because, as tradition stands, the winning teams typically divide up the money among the players, team officials and support staff. GoBankrate says the Heat have some 72 people who could receive a share. So, $3,784,608 divided by 72, assuming equal shares, is a whopping $52,564. That's right, LeBron, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh each get $52,564 under this formula—if they win the title.
