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No Lebron or Wade in Top 20

1. Kobe Bryant LA Lakers
$24,806,250

2. Rashard Lewis Orlando
$20,514,000

3. Kevin Garnett Boston
$18,800,000

4. Tim Duncan San Antonio
$18,700,000

5. Michael Redd Milwaukee
$18,300,000

6. Pau Gasol LA Lakers
$17,822,187

7. Andrei Kirilenko Utah
$17,822,187

8. Yao Ming Houston
$17,686,100

9. Gilbert Arenas Washington
$17,730,694

10. Dirk Nowitzki Dallas
$17,300,000

11. Vince Carter Orlando
$17,300,000

12. Zach Randolph Memphis
$17,333,333

13. Carmelo Anthony Denver
$17,149,243

14. Amare Stoudemire New York
$16,800,000

15. Dwight Howard Orlando
$16,509,600

16. Joe Johnson Atlanta
$16,324,500

17. Kenyon Martin Denver
$15,959,099

Elton Brand Philadelphia
$15,959,099

19. Predrag Stojakovic New Orleans
$15,336,000

20. Chris Paul New Orleans
$14,940,152

Full list: http://bit.ly/9yMng6

2. Rashard Lewis Orlando
$20,514,000

I count 7 on that list that most basketball fans would agree are worth the amount paid at this point in their careers.

Kobe
Gasol
Dirk
Melo
Amare
Dwight
Paul

This is a perfect example of why the there needs to be a limit on how many years a contract can be. Either that are decrease the raises. There are some teams that really screw themselves over with these toxic contracts.

The Skyhook wrote:This is a perfect example of why the there needs to be a limit on how many years a contract can be. Either that are decrease the raises. There are some teams that really screw themselves over with these toxic contracts.

The owners need to smarten up and get a new, super strict CBA.

Rashard Lewis is going to make 60+mil over the next 3 years. He's not worth half that.

Rashard Lewis, the 2nd best player in the NBA. Oh wait...

The Skyhook wrote:This is a perfect example of why the there needs to be a limit on how many years a contract can be. Either that are decrease the raises. There are some teams that really screw themselves over with these toxic contracts.

Nobody made them pay Rashard Lewis that money, they decided to themselves. I hate the NBA pay scale, it's horrible. There is no way there should be a limit on how much a player makes[based on experience in the league] after their rookie contract. Lebron and DWade should have been make 20+ million a year after their third year.

2. Rashard Lewis Orlando
$20,514,000

3. Kevin Garnett Boston
$18,800,000

5. Michael Redd Milwaukee
$18,300,000

7. Andrei Kirilenko Utah
$17,822,187

8. Yao Ming Houston
$17,686,100

9. Gilbert Arenas Washington
$17,730,694

12. Zach Randolph Memphis
$17,333,333

17. Kenyon Martin Denver
$15,959,099

18. Elton Brand Philadelphia
$15,959,099

19. Predrag Stojakovic New Orleans
$15,336,000

--------------These are all poison deals for next year

and

16. Joe Johnson Atlanta
$16,324,500

might be fair for a year or two but will be just as bad as the above pretty soon.

lol at the Michael Redd one, he hasn't been worth a dime for at least 2 years

Andrei Kirilenko... I didn't know he got paid that much. Must have a good agent

I agree with the bad deals except for Yao, wait to see what is his level this season.

MVP-3 wrote:Andrei Kirilenko... I didn't know he got paid that much. Must have a good agent

He got the same deal that Pau at the same time, and he was an all-star before Pau was.

Luckily for some of these teams a few of these guys are expiring. I would expect for at least one of these teams to take advantage of that.

Shorter contracts would help with some of this nonsense. Shaving a year off the current maximums is the one thing I think the players will eventually agree on.

Andrei has the most valuable of all of those contracts. He is expiring this year, and unlike Redd he is projected to play 65+ games this year.

Redd ouch

iamworthy wrote:2. Rashard Lewis Orlando
$20,514,000

+20,514,000

Robert_Littal wrote:5. Michael Redd Milwaukee
$18,300,000

7. Andrei Kirilenko Utah
$17,822,187

Sickening.

The thing with Kirilinko is, esp when he got that contract, if you put him ona team where he is a major ballhandler and is a PF he would put up some pretty sick numbers. I don't know how well the team would do though.

So's you know, those are mostly wrong.

The Skyhook wrote:This is a perfect example of why the there needs to be a limit on how many years a contract can be. Either that are decrease the raises. There are some teams that really screw themselves over with these toxic contracts.

NBA is already the most limited league there is. U dont see NBA teams handing out 10 year contracts like the NHL or the MLB