Interesting difference in how you build a contender.
Team top 3 salaries. After that, player 4 really drops off for all teams:
Raptors
Kyle Lowry $33,300,000
Marc Gasol $25,600,000
Serge Ibaka $23,300,000
Total $82,000,000
Lakers
lebron James $37,400,000
Anthony Davis $27,000,000
Danny Green $14,600,000
Total $80,000,000
Clippers
Paul George $33,000,000
Kawhi Leonard $33,000,000
Marcus Morris $15,000,000
Total $78,000,000
Celtics
Kemba Walker $33,000,000
Gordan Hayward $33,000,000
Marcus Smart $13,000,000
Total $79,000,000
-this swill skew when Jaylen Tatum's deal goes up next season but Tatum remains a steal. Kemba Walker will become a bit more of a salary anchor like Kyle has been in Toronto.
Bucks are well under these other 4 @70M
The similarity in top 3 salaries is not surprising. But the drop off from player 2 to 3 means most others have more superstars in 1&2.
I love Kyle but he's being paid like a lebron or Kawhi.
Gasol's being paid like he's Anthony Davis.
We pay our top three more than the Lakers, Clippers, Celtics and Bucks? Who else might we have had if our top 3 were being paid "more reasonably"? Please don't bother to tell me why they are being paid market rate or why the Raps had to pay them X. This is just fantasy talk.
Where's the stir the pot icon?
*All numbers from basketball-directory.com
I'm sure there might be minor corrections to this but the point still stands.
Team top 3 salaries. After that, player 4 really drops off for all teams:
Raptors
Kyle Lowry $33,300,000
Marc Gasol $25,600,000
Serge Ibaka $23,300,000
Total $82,000,000
Lakers
lebron James $37,400,000
Anthony Davis $27,000,000
Danny Green $14,600,000
Total $80,000,000
Clippers
Paul George $33,000,000
Kawhi Leonard $33,000,000
Marcus Morris $15,000,000
Total $78,000,000
Celtics
Kemba Walker $33,000,000
Gordan Hayward $33,000,000
Marcus Smart $13,000,000
Total $79,000,000
-this swill skew when Jaylen Tatum's deal goes up next season but Tatum remains a steal. Kemba Walker will become a bit more of a salary anchor like Kyle has been in Toronto.
Bucks are well under these other 4 @70M
The similarity in top 3 salaries is not surprising. But the drop off from player 2 to 3 means most others have more superstars in 1&2.
I love Kyle but he's being paid like a lebron or Kawhi.
Gasol's being paid like he's Anthony Davis.
We pay our top three more than the Lakers, Clippers, Celtics and Bucks? Who else might we have had if our top 3 were being paid "more reasonably"? Please don't bother to tell me why they are being paid market rate or why the Raps had to pay them X. This is just fantasy talk.
Where's the stir the pot icon?
*All numbers from basketball-directory.com
I'm sure there might be minor corrections to this but the point still stands.
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