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The 20 Highest-Paid NBA Players, Combining Salary and Endorsements:

1. LeBron James: $132.6 million
Salary: $52.6M | Endorsements: $80M

2. Stephen Curry: $109.6 million
Salary: $59.6M | Endorsements: $50M

3. Kevin Durant: $103.3 million
Salary: $53.3M | Endorsements: $50M

4. Giannis Antetokounmpo: $99.1 million
Salary: $54.1M | Endorsements: $45M

5. Jayson Tatum: $72.1 million
Salary: $54.1M | Endorsements: $18M

6. Anthony Edwards: $65.6 million
Salary: $45.6M | Endorsements: $20M

7. Joel Embiid: $65.2 million
Salary: $55.2M | Endorsements: $10M

8. Jimmy Butler: $65.1M
Salary: $54.1M | Endorsements: $11M

9. Nikola Jokic: $64.2 million
Salary: $55.2M | Endorsements: $9M

10. Devin Booker: $63.1 million
Salary: $53.1M | Endorsements: $10M

11. Luka Dončić: $61 million
Salary: $46M | Endorsements: $15M

12. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: $58.3 million
Salary: $38.3M | Endorsements: $20M

13. Karl-Anthony Towns: $58.1 million
Salary: $53.1M | Endorsements: $5M

14. Anthony Davis: $57.6M
Salary: $54.1M | Endorsements: $3.5M

15. Donovan Mitchell: $56.9 million
Salary: $46.4M | Endorsements: $10.5M

16. Paul George: $56.7 million
Salary: $51.7M | Endorsements: $5M

17. Tyrese Haliburton: $56.6 million
Salary: $45.6M | Endorsements: $11M

18. Kawhi Leonard: $56.5 million
Salary: $50M | Endorsements: $6.5M

19. Cade Cunningham: $56.4 million
Salary: $46.4M | Endorsements: $10M

20. James Harden: $55.2 million
Salary: $39.2M | Endorsements: $16M

(Via https://sportico.com/personalities/...est-paid-2025-lebron-curry-durant-1234875957/)
 
This!
During the summer, it seemed like a lot of people were relishing in the previous thread over the fact that Russ haven't found a deal.

I was hoping that he'd find a home. Russ has accepted his bench/6th man/back up role and he seems like a good veteran voice to have in your locker room.
I don't know what it is but it seems like teams just like doing Russ wrong and painting a bad narrative. Denver just didn't want him back, not sure why but I haven't heard bad things said about him by them.

But them Lakers :smh:

How a player coming off the bench could be blamed for anything's beyond me.

And Russ coming off the bench is great for any team! His energy's unmatched.
 

The 20 Highest-Paid NBA Players, Combining Salary and Endorsements:

1. LeBron James: $132.6 million
Salary: $52.6M | Endorsements: $80M

2. Stephen Curry: $109.6 million
Salary: $59.6M | Endorsements: $50M

3. Kevin Durant: $103.3 million
Salary: $53.3M | Endorsements: $50M

4. Giannis Antetokounmpo: $99.1 million
Salary: $54.1M | Endorsements: $45M

5. Jayson Tatum: $72.1 million
Salary: $54.1M | Endorsements: $18M

6. Anthony Edwards: $65.6 million
Salary: $45.6M | Endorsements: $20M

7. Joel Embiid: $65.2 million
Salary: $55.2M | Endorsements: $10M

8. Jimmy Butler: $65.1M
Salary: $54.1M | Endorsements: $11M

9. Nikola Jokic: $64.2 million
Salary: $55.2M | Endorsements: $9M

10. Devin Booker: $63.1 million
Salary: $53.1M | Endorsements: $10M

11. Luka Dončić: $61 million
Salary: $46M | Endorsements: $15M

12. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: $58.3 million
Salary: $38.3M | Endorsements: $20M

13. Karl-Anthony Towns: $58.1 million
Salary: $53.1M | Endorsements: $5M

14. Anthony Davis: $57.6M
Salary: $54.1M | Endorsements: $3.5M

15. Donovan Mitchell: $56.9 million
Salary: $46.4M | Endorsements: $10.5M

16. Paul George: $56.7 million
Salary: $51.7M | Endorsements: $5M

17. Tyrese Haliburton: $56.6 million
Salary: $45.6M | Endorsements: $11M

18. Kawhi Leonard: $56.5 million
Salary: $50M | Endorsements: $6.5M

19. Cade Cunningham: $56.4 million
Salary: $46.4M | Endorsements: $10M

20. James Harden: $55.2 million
Salary: $39.2M | Endorsements: $16M

(Via https://sportico.com/personalities/...est-paid-2025-lebron-curry-durant-1234875957/)

Impressive!
 


People got on MPJ in the bubble for coming out and saying that there’s more to the team than Jamal and Jokic and the offense is predictable when just focusing on that 2 man game.

This is what the fuck he meant. He no longer gets shunned to the corner and expected to just have a hot hand. That obviously didn’t work and I cussed his ass out for it too lol.

Shame teams can’t find a way to make all the talent on their roster work together to form “big 3’s”or even “big 4’s”
 

WTF is a multi year “Non-Guaranteed” contract?

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