Sports Illustrated recently released a salary report for all teams in the NBA. You can read about it here.
The total team payroll for 2006-2007 season is $1,937,265,735. That's right! Over $1 billion dollars is being paid to NBA players for ONE season. Not counting the playoffs, there are 2,460 NBA games per season. That means payroll costs teams $787,506 per game. Or, $16,406 per minute of NBA action.
According to the list, the average team payroll in the NBA is $64,575,524. There are approximately 480 players in the NBA. That puts the average NBA salary at roughly over $4 million dollars per year.
The NBA's highest paid player is Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves who pulls down a staggering $21,000,000 per NBA season. If we only count the regular 82-game season, Garnett makes a whopping $256,097 per game. He has averaged 38.2 minutes during his NBA tenure; if that trend holds true for 2006-2007, Garnett will make $6,700 per minute this season.
To put all this salary talk into perspective, let's examine 2006-2007 salary reports for other professions:
Teacher: $47,000 per year
Architect: $56,000 per year
Attorney: $82,000 per year
Accountant: $39,000 per year
Nurse: $59,000 per year
Physician: $151,000 per year
Teacher: $47,000 per year
Architect: $56,000 per year
Attorney: $82,000 per year
Accountant: $39,000 per year
Nurse: $59,000 per year
Physician: $151,000 per year
So, what do you think? Are our priorities screwed up or what? David Stern, I think we have a problem.
2 Comments:
no, david stern has no problem
you have a problem
you were too short
coudn't jump
did not create well off the dribble
defensively, a bit slow
great heart
excellent shooter
great intensity
if you could have gone to the league, you would have been on the first plane...
guess whom...
Yup. I wasn't very good. You're right; I don't think I could have turned down a phone call from Auerbach or Sloan.
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