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10 Highest Paid NBA Players Heading Into the 2018-2019 Season

For the first time in the league’s history, all the players in the NBA’s top 10 highest paid player list will make $30 million or more in one season. The 2018-2019 list, which includes superstars like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and James Harden alongside less heralded players such as Mike Conley, features two teams with […]

October 5, 2018
Top 10 Highest Paid NBA Players In 2017-2018

This year’s list of the NBA’s top 10 highest paid players includes only four who were on it last season: DeMar DeRozan, LeBron James, James Harden and Russell Westbrook. The rising salary cap and players reacting accordingly is causing a great turnover when it comes to the top earners list.

October 9, 2017
Rookie Contract Extensions NBA Teams Handed Out Before the Deadline

Eight players received a contract extension to their rookie deal before the deadline expired on October 31st: Steven Adams, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Gorgui Dieng, Rudy Gobert, C.J. McCollum, Victor Oladipo, Dennis Schroder and Cody Zeller.

November 1, 2016
NBA Players Who Can’t be Traded This Season

There are 21 players in the NBA who have either a negotiated or automatic no-trade clause in their contract, which means they cannot be traded this season unless they waive their right to block the trade.

October 5, 2016
NBA Players on Max Contracts

In the changing landscape of the NBA’s salary cap as more and more regulations from the latest CBA come into play, there are currently 22 players in the league with a max contract, including a few teams – New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers, with two or more players getting a max deal.

September 25, 2013
100 Highest Earners in NBA History

Two players from the Boston Celtics and one that was there for the past five seasons are in the top 10 earners in the NBA of all time. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen are among the players to have the highest total career salary among all NBA players, ever. Garnett, who began playing in 1995 with the Minnesota Timberwolves, is the only player to have career earnings of over $300 million.

August 28, 2012
The NBA’s Top Ten Highest Player Salaries for 2011-2012

The ten highest paid players in the post Lockout NBA, showing us, with three teams having two players on this list, that financial parity will take a long time to achieve, if at all. The average salary of the top 10 is $19.7 million and yes, Rashard Lewis is still among them.

December 21, 2011
The NBA’s Most Overpaid Players

Sometimes it’s an injury that a player just can’t shake or get back from. Sometimes it’s old age and sometimes it’s just about huge contracts given to mediocre players. Here are the best examples of overpaid NBA players.

April 6, 2011
The NBA’s Top Ten Highest Player Salaries for 2010-2011

The ten highest paid players in the NBA heading into the 2010-2011 season.

September 22, 2010
The NBA’s Top Ten Highest Player Salaries for 2009-2010

The top ten best paid players in the NBA, going into the 2009-2010 season.

October 1, 2009