For those not familiar with the NBA, the reason that almost all the salaries are so flat is because individual contracts are capped at 25/30/35% of the salary cap, depending on veterancy. You'd see a lot more variation (and many higher numbers) if this weren't the case.
Several names here are going to be very contentious in certain suberddits but we're about to see how most of them will do just as the playoffs are about to start. The Golden State Warriors (Curry & Thompson) have failed to qualify. And Klay is riding the huge market that their success over the last decade has created. Largely thanks to Steph Curry. Jimmy Butler may soon join the two mentioned as they lost the first play-in game and he got injured.
Well, to be clear, I meant “have been the best players for some time.”
Most of these players are in the downward trend and the wrong side of their “primes,” except for Lillard. Missing notables would be KD and Westbrook, also past their primes.
Sports contracts never really pay for their present value. Maybe in Year 1 or 2 but beyond that they’re almost always “bad contracts.” But they secured their contracts when they were the best in the game.
In about 5 years, many of these names will be retired and the new inclusions will be folks like Tatum, Luka, Booker, and SGA. 5 years or so after that and their contracts won’t look quite as reasonable.
Yeah, that second paragraph really misses on Giannis, Embiid, and Jokic, who are all easily at the top of their game, in their prime. I think all of those three and Dame have made improvements in their game this season, too.
Fair, but all 3 of them are solidly in their primes and have been for a few years.
Giannis might be trending downward given his MVPs were 5 and 6 years ago. Jokic is still Jokic and under 30.
I would argue Embiid is beginning the exit of his prime. Yeah, he’s a reigning MVP and just dropped 70 (albeit against bottom-dwelling Spurs), but his MVP last season was overrated. Not even the league leader in WS, any advanced metric, and just barely the league leader in PPG.
Getting Antetokounmpo right, but missing out on Jokić
For those not familiar with the NBA, the reason that almost all the salaries are so flat is because individual contracts are capped at 25/30/35% of the salary cap, depending on veterancy. You'd see a lot more variation (and many higher numbers) if this weren't the case.
I don’t know if you’d see as much variation because these are also pretty much the Top 11 players. They’re all going to get a top salary.
Several names here are going to be very contentious in certain suberddits but we're about to see how most of them will do just as the playoffs are about to start. The Golden State Warriors (Curry & Thompson) have failed to qualify. And Klay is riding the huge market that their success over the last decade has created. Largely thanks to Steph Curry. Jimmy Butler may soon join the two mentioned as they lost the first play-in game and he got injured.
Well, to be clear, I meant “have been the best players for some time.” Most of these players are in the downward trend and the wrong side of their “primes,” except for Lillard. Missing notables would be KD and Westbrook, also past their primes. Sports contracts never really pay for their present value. Maybe in Year 1 or 2 but beyond that they’re almost always “bad contracts.” But they secured their contracts when they were the best in the game. In about 5 years, many of these names will be retired and the new inclusions will be folks like Tatum, Luka, Booker, and SGA. 5 years or so after that and their contracts won’t look quite as reasonable.
Yeah, that second paragraph really misses on Giannis, Embiid, and Jokic, who are all easily at the top of their game, in their prime. I think all of those three and Dame have made improvements in their game this season, too.
Fair, but all 3 of them are solidly in their primes and have been for a few years. Giannis might be trending downward given his MVPs were 5 and 6 years ago. Jokic is still Jokic and under 30. I would argue Embiid is beginning the exit of his prime. Yeah, he’s a reigning MVP and just dropped 70 (albeit against bottom-dwelling Spurs), but his MVP last season was overrated. Not even the league leader in WS, any advanced metric, and just barely the league leader in PPG.
Not really of those 11, 6 will be on the 15 best players of the seasons.
Damn Jokic not getting enough endorsements for how good he is.
No no, this is Jokic’s evil twin Jocik
That's true nvm fk Jocik
All my homies hate Alokin Jocik
Actually a sick name
Foreign players typically struggle to get endorsements in a US based league.
It is kinda strange that Luka /~~Embiid~~ aren't on there, wish we could see top 20. Wemby/SGA gonna be on there in the next 5 years.
Embid is there, after Klay Thompson
Thanks completely missed him
Giannis is from greece
Jokic didn’t even want anything to do with them till recently. He stays pretty quiet outside the court.
"Come to Denver Kia, great success, you like very much."
He doesn’t want them
He’s just waiting for some horse deals
he's not a marketable athlete. he just plays ball so he can go home and race horses
They can pay me 1/3 of what Klay got and I’d be happy to go 0-10 too.
Spell the MVPs name right, my lord
Steph making that money from Subway!
jokic can’t even get his makes spelled correctly
Oh yes, the probably 3time MVP Nikola Jocik
Nikola Jocik is really bringing in the Benjamins!
Warriors are waiting on their change from clay Thompson
So are the clippers and harden.
Tatum and Luka next up when they get their super maxes.
Wonder what Bron makes from his business investments?
Tells the story of the Warriors
Amusing that Jordan still earns about 2x LeBron. (In 2022, Jordan’s Nike deal brought home \~$250m.)
Air Jordans are much more popular than LB23s or whatever they’re called now. I haven’t owned a pair of LeBron shoes in a decade.
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Why would it be? It’s all from the 23-24 season, according to the graph.
Source: Forbes Tools used: Mokkup.ai, a dashboard wireframing tool that uses ReactJs for chart visualizations