ReddBogutCharlieV wrote:Jerome James is the most useless player in the NBA and he gets paid around what Charlie Bell does. But yeah, Charlie is pathetic this year. Too bad that we are so bad right now that we actually HAVE to play him because we have no one else.
There is no need for gross inaccuracies like that.
Here is what Jerome James will make from this season until the end of his current contract:
07-08 $5.8 mil
08-09 $6.2 mil
09-10 $6.6 mil
Total: $18.6 mil
Here is what Bell will make in those same three seasons:
07-08 $3.106 mil
08-09 $3.35448 mil
09-10 $3.60296 mil
Total: $10.06344 mil
Even just talking about Charlie Bell's salary this season, you can't say Jerome James is paid "around" what Charlie Bell is when Charlie Bell would need over an 86.7% raise this season to match Jerome James' take home pay for the season.
And then you can add in the $10.4 mil James made the previous two seasons for a contract totaling $29 mil over 5 years and then add in the $7.95136 mil Bell will make in the two final seasons of his contract for a contract totaling $18.0148 mil. BIG difference.
I'm not expecting everyone here to know the ballpark amount of what every player makes off the top of their head. BUT, if you are going to make a declaration like you did above, you should look that up first as it impacts people's opinions who assume you provided accurate information.
Nothing personal. This is just one of those things that will never go unresponded to if I happen to notice it