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**Dre** · 08-27-2012, 12:12 AM

**Knicks4life** · 08-27-2012, 12:21 AM

No one played the game better than Brian Grant always signing a contract that had an opt out after year three and was one of the first big men to get overpaid for simply being competent.

**Dre** · 08-27-2012, 12:23 AM

What's interesting are the players on here that still have a substantial contract left in them

edabomb · 08-27-2012, 03:20 AM

It does kind of make you laugh at the loyalty guys like Dirk and TD are promoted as having.

Pretty easy to be loyal when you have received 200mil from your employees haha.

**RollWithEm** · 08-27-2012, 04:47 AM

I knew Jordan was making over $30 mil his last couple years in Chicago. I just never realized how little he made the rest of his career. Kind of shocking to see.

**Dornado** · 08-27-2012, 04:58 AM

I'd say Joe Johnson has done alright for himself

**Diable** · 08-27-2012, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RollWithEm

I knew Jordan was making over $30 mil his last couple years in Chicago. I just never realized how little he made the rest of his career. Kind of shocking to see.

I think Reinsdorf and his group paid 16 million dollars for the Bulls a couple of years into Jordan's career. Those dollars might be worth more than 2 dollars in 2012, but the TV money wasn't there back then. No one is making nine figures over a career without a whole lot of TV money fueling it.

kbdullah · 08-27-2012, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by edabomb

It does kind of make you laugh at the loyalty guys like Dirk and TD are promoted as having.

Pretty easy to be loyal when you have received 200mil from your employees haha.

When players show loyalty to their teams and teams return that loyalty to the players, its a good thing. Don't hate.

**RollWithEm** · 08-27-2012, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dornado

I'd say Joe Johnson has done alright for himself

He's certainly the outlier in the top 10.

**Diable** · 08-27-2012, 07:32 AM

So Deron would be right off this list if they were not including that contract he just signed, which puts him up at 17. Johnson is still owed like 70 too I think and that's included as well. Then Melo just signed his extension after the trade last year too. So a lot of the money on this list has not been paid out yet.

T-Mac and Vince have both been on really 'meager' deals for the past few years too. You should probably retire before you take a 90 % paycut IMO.

**Luke** · 08-27-2012, 07:39 AM

Lol, someone find the name in the top ten that doesn't belong.

**R-Star** · 08-27-2012, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by edabomb

It does kind of make you laugh at the loyalty guys like Dirk and TD are promoted as having.

Pretty easy to be loyal when you have received 200mil from your employees haha.

Like say.... a max contract?

**R-Star** · 08-27-2012, 07:52 AM

I love scrolling down that list, seeing Johnson, and being like "You sneaky asshole. You know you were never worth that much."

****ing Atlanta.

e-monk · 08-27-2012, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RollWithEm

I knew Jordan was making over $30 mil his last couple years in Chicago. I just never realized how little he made the rest of his career. Kind of shocking to see.

like 1m a year for awhile? the economies of scale changed radically there in the 90s - of course he did pretty well for himself in endorsements from what I hear

e-monk · 08-27-2012, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by edabomb

It does kind of make you laugh at the loyalty guys like Dirk and TD are promoted as having.

Pretty easy to be loyal when you have received 200mil from your employees haha.

compare Duncan and Kobe, 55m is not small cheese, even to these guys

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Diable Limehouse Blues Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,141 Rep Power: 14650805	Re: Top 100 career earnings So Deron would be right off this list if they were not including that contract he just signed, which puts him up at 17. Johnson is still owed like 70 too I think and that's included as well. Then Melo just signed his extension after the trade last year too. So a lot of the money on this list has not been paid out yet. T-Mac and Vince have both been on really 'meager' deals for the past few years too. You should probably retire before you take a 90 % paycut IMO. __________________

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