1. Cleveland -- LeBron James, g-f, St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (Ohio) (Signed -- 3 years, $12.96 million) 2. Detroit -- Darko Milicic, f, Hemofarm Vrsac (Serbia) (Signed - 3 years, $9.66 million) 3. Denver -- Carmelo Anthony, f, Syracuse (Signed - 3 years, $8.68 million) 4. Toronto -- Chris Bosh, f, Georgia Tech (Signed - 3 years, $7.82 million) 5. Miami -- Dwyane Wade, g, Marquette (Signed - 3 years, $7.09 million) 6. LA Clippers -- Chris Kaman, c, Central Michigan (Signed - 3 years, $6.44 million) 7. Chicago -- Kirk Hinrich, g, Kansas (Signed - 3 years, $5.87 million) 8. Milwaukee -- T.J. Ford, g, Texas (Signed - 3 years, $5.38 million) 9. New York -- Mike Sweetney, f, Georgetown (Signed - 3 years, $4.95 million) 10. Washington -- Jarvis Hayes, f, Georgia (Signed - 3 years, $4.70 million) 11. Golden State -- Mickael Pietrus, g-f, Pau Orthez (France) (Signed - 3 years, $4.46 million) 12. Seattle -- Nick Collison, f, Kansas (Signed - 3 years, $4.24 million) 13. Memphis -- Marcus Banks, g, UNLV (Rights traded to Boston) (Signed - 3 years, $4.03 million) 14. Seattle -- Luke Ridnour, g, Oregon (Signed - 3 years, $3.83 million) 15. Orlando -- Reece Gaines, g, Louisville (Signed - 3 years, $3.64 million) 16. Boston -- Troy Bell, g, Boston College (Rights traded to Memphis) (Signed - 3 years, $3.45 million) 17. Phoenix -- Zarko Cabarkapa, f, Buducnost (Serbia) (Signed - 3 years, $3.28 million) 18. New Orleans -- David West, f, Xavier (Signed - 3 years, $3.12 million) 19. Utah -- Aleksandar Pavlovic, f, Buducnost (Serbia) (Unsigned - 3 years, $2.98 million) 20. Boston -- Dahntay Jones, f, Duke (Rights traded to Memphis) (Signed - 3 years, $2.86 million) 21. Atlanta -- Boris Diaw, f, Pau Orthez (France) (Unsigned - 3 years, $2.74 million) 22. New Jersey -- Zoran Planinic, g, Cibona Zagreb (Croatia) (Signed - 3 years, $2.63 million) 23. Portland -- Travis Outlaw, f, Starkville HS (MS) (Signed - 3 years, $2.53 million) 24. LA Lakers -- Brian Cook, f, Illinois (Signed - 3 years, $2.43 million) 25. Detroit -- Carlos Delfino, f, Skipper Bologna (Italy) (Unsigned - 3 years, $2.33 million) 26. Minnesota -- Ndudi Ebi, f, Westbury Christian HS (TX) (Signed - 3 years, $2.25 million) 27. Memphis -- Kendrick Perkins, c, Ozen HS (TX) (Rights traded to Boston) (Signed - 3 years, $2.19 million) 28. San Antonio -- Leandro Barbosa, g, Bauru Tilibra (Brazil) (Rights traded to Phoenix) (Signed - 3 years, $2.17 million) 29. Dallas -- Josh Howard, f, Wake Forest (Signed - 3 years, $2.15 million)
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting YaoMing03-04:</div><div class="quote_post">Only 3 mill for Reece and Luke , they need to change the cap system</div> Why is that? I think $3 million is more than enough for a rookie coming into the league. Not all of these guys will be Kobe Bryants and Tim Duncans. There will be busts, lots of them. I think the money in general we are paying athletes is way out of contol. I'm glad there is a set cap system for uncoming rookies that are drafted in the first round. After three years, if these guys prove that they are good then they will get the money they deserve. There is no need for them to be making more money in their first three years then they are now. Why do you think they deserve more money?
