I was watching the Sixers last night, and was wondering how much of that insane contract was left after Tobias Harris put up 20 points against the Bucks.
Turns out he’s made the most money in the history of the league without an all-star appearance.
It does kind of make sense due to inflation and the explosion of salaries in the late 2010s and 2020s.
A productive scorer with good length and skill, Harris is largely inconsistent and did not live up to the contract he was given. Albeit, it was a must-give for the 76ers, where he would have likely walked for free, so Philly elected to overpay to keep him.
The Sixers signed Harris to a 5-year, $180M contract in 2019, fresh off the departure of current Miami star, Jimmy Butler. Harris’ contract expires this year.
Rounding out the rest of the Top 5 are: 2. Danilo Gallinari ($198M) 3. Nicolas Batum ($187M) 4. CJ McCollum ($181M) 5. Eric Gordon ($178M)
Source: BBALL Ref and HoopsHype
Jerami Grant is at $82m but will be over $240m by the end of his current contract.
Feel like when i think of CJ i just assume there was some random year he got an all star nod. Idk why lol
Probably because he was definitely going to get one in 2021. His first 13 games he was 27/5/4 on 47/44/84 splits (11 3PA and 5 3PM PER GAME!), but got injured, missed 23 games and couldn’t regain that form.
Ok, question. He has made 211 million, as in his contracts so far have been worth 211 mils. But how much of that money actually ended up in his pockets? Is it before or after taxes? And how much is the taxation like for athletes in the US? Is it the same for the whole country or is different depent in what state there are? Sorry for the questions…non American.
Guy is a payroll and basketball terrorist.
I strongly believe Deandre Ayton will break this soon, some dumb team is going to give him a Mozgov type of deal as soon as his current deal runs out.
failing upwards
CJ has another $99.8M guaranteed on top of his $181M in the bank.
Harris has another $39M coming this season, on top of his $211M in the bank.
Out of Harris or CJ, who ends their career with more NBA salary earnings?
My guess is that Harris still gets another mid-level contract for a few years and passes CJ in the end
this won’t last long. Also, Harris is gone after this year.
To be fair to those five guys, all of them showed potential to become All-Stars. Some of them even deserved at least one all-star nod at one point. For me, McCollum, Harris, and Gordon should have been one-time all-stars at the very least.