Top 25 NBA career salaries of all time (lol at Jordan)

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Jul 6, 2010 5:39pm
1. Shaquille O’Neal $290,846,146
2. Kevin Garnett $251,315,354
3. Chris Webber $178,230,697
4. Kobe Bryant $171,384,365
5. Jason Kidd $165,853,968
6. Tim Duncan $164,844,536
7. Tracy McGrady $160,273,916
8. Allen Iverson $154,494,445
9. Jermaine O’Neal $153,450,640
10.Stephon Marbury $151,115,945
11. Rasheed Wallace$150,436,080
12. Juwan Howard $148,761,271
13. Alonzo Mourning $143,906,333
14. Dikembe Mutombo $143,666,581
15. Michael Finley $138,576,839
16. Grant Hill $131,055,650
17. Dirk Nowitzki $124,063,985
18. Patrick Ewing $123,843,120
19. Zydrunas Ilgauskas $123,135,542
20. Anfernee Hardaway $120,469,142
21. David Robinson $118,135,623
22. Allan Houston $117,556,500
23. Vince Carter $116,793,315
24. Antawn Jamison $111,358,288
25. Elton Brand $110,159,451

This list is a got damn shame

lol at bolded

looks like Joe Johnson will be near the top whens its all said and done, already made 70 mil
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Jul 6, 2010 5:41pm
This is kind of like the movies though...shouldn't it be adjusted for inflation?

It was a long time ago, but I thought Jordan signed some 30 mil a year contracts though.
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Jul 6, 2010 5:43pm
wes_mantooth;412955 wrote:This is kind of like the movies though...shouldn't it be adjusted for inflation?

It was a long time ago, but I thought Jordan signed some 30 mil a year contracts though.

1985-86 Chicago Bulls NBA $630,000
1987-88 Chicago Bulls NBA $845,000
1988-89 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,000,000
1990-91 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,500,000
1991-92 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,250,000
1992-93 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000
1993-94 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000
1994-95 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000
1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000
1996-97 Chicago Bulls NBA $30,140,000
1997-98 Chicago Bulls NBA $33,140,000
2001-02 Washington Wizards NBA $1,000,000
2002-03 Washington Wizards NBA $1,030,000
Career (may be incomplete) $90,235,000
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Jul 6, 2010 5:44pm
97 and 98 he did before that the most he made was 4 mil a year
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Jul 6, 2010 5:47pm
anyhow, I would love to see what these numbers would look like if they were adjusted for inflation. Gone With The Wind made like 1.5 billion when it was adjusted...lmao
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Jul 6, 2010 5:58pm
fiction;412959 wrote:1985-86 Chicago Bulls NBA $630,000 1216386
1987-88 Chicago Bulls NBA $845,000 1521736
1988-89 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,000,000 3416561
1990-91 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,500,000 4051899
1991-92 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,250,000 5055152
1992-93 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000 6040511
1993-94 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000 5864573
1994-95 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000 5501610
1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000 5367424
1996-97 Chicago Bulls NBA $30,140,000 40795407
1997-98 Chicago Bulls NBA $33,140,000 44106193
2001-02 Washington Wizards NBA $1,000,000 1214139
2002-03 Washington Wizards NBA $1,030,000 1221253
Career (may be incomplete) $90,235,000 $124,156,458

Inflation adjusted is in bold, assuming all the numbers orig posted were not already inflation adjusted
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Jul 6, 2010 6:00pm
^^^good hustle LJ.

Not sure why, but I always find that interesting.
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Jul 6, 2010 7:25pm
2quik4u;412950 wrote: 14. Dikembe Mutombo $143,666,581

WHO WANT TO SEX MUTOMBO!?!?!?!
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Jul 6, 2010 7:28pm
Amare will be there too, considering he just signed a $99.7 mil deal.
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Jul 6, 2010 7:28pm
LJ;413096 wrote:WHO WANT TO SEX MUTOMBO!?!?!?!



every chick in the bar that night
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Jul 6, 2010 7:36pm
Some of those players are just epic fails....but the one that didnt make the list, but still has for my money the worst contract is Austin Croshere. Dude should be put in front of the firing squad for the crimes he committed on the Pacers!
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Jul 6, 2010 8:43pm
Chris Webber and Allen Iverson way overpaid.
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Jul 6, 2010 8:53pm
sleeper;413220 wrote:Chris Webber and Allen Iverson way overpaid.

Of all the people on that list, those are probably 2 of the most deserving.
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Jul 6, 2010 8:59pm
sleeper;413220 wrote:Chris Webber and Allen Iverson way overpaid.

yea a guy averaging 27/3/6/2/ for his career was way overpaid. Yea the same guy who single handily led his shitty team to the finals and beat the lakers in game 1 of the finals, (arguably one of the greatest teams of all time, lakers lost 1 game during the whole playoffs) Yea but he was way overpaid get the fuck outta here go suck lebron off some more u fucking homo
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Jul 6, 2010 9:01pm
2quik4u;413241 wrote:yea a guy averaging 27/3/6/2/ for his career was way overpaid. Yea the same guy who single handily led his shitty team to the finals and beat the lakers in game 1 of the finals, (arguably one of the greatest teams of all time, lakers lost 1 game during the whole playoffs) Yea but he was way overpaid get the fuck outta here go suck lebron off some more u fucking homo

lol'd
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Jul 6, 2010 9:04pm
2quik4u;413241 wrote:yea a guy averaging 27/3/6/2/ for his career was way overpaid. Yea the same guy who single handily led his shitty team to the finals and beat the lakers in game 1 of the finals, (arguably one of the greatest teams of all time, lakers lost 1 game during the whole playoffs) Yea but he was way overpaid get the fuck outta here go suck lebron off some more u fucking homo

I could average that too if I was a ball hog and shot the ball 25 times a game.
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Jul 6, 2010 9:07pm
sleeper;413253 wrote:I could average that too if I was a ball hog and shot the ball 25 times a game.

iverson 21.8 fga 3.7 3pa

james 20.8 fga 4.3 3pa


and out of my whole post thats all you can say?
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Jul 6, 2010 9:12pm
2quik4u;413258 wrote:iverson 21.8 fga 3.7 3pa

james 20.8 fga 4.3 3pa


and out of my whole post thats all you can say?

You think Kobe Bryant is the best player in the league, why would I want to argue with someone who knows nothing about basketball?
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Jul 6, 2010 9:14pm
sleeper;413261 wrote:You think Kobe Bryant is the best player in the league, why would I want to argue with someone who knows nothing about basketball?

i take this as you have no comeback
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Jul 6, 2010 9:54pm
such hostility on this forum lately....
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Jul 7, 2010 8:30am
just be glad you're not gay. then the real venom gets spewed.