Can you name the NBA Highest Paid By Team?

Team	Player	Salary
Atlanta Hawks		$14,976,754
Boston Celtics		$19,795,712
Charlotte Bobcats		$11,700,000
Chicago Bulls		$12,250,000
Cleveland Cavaliers		$21,000,000
Dallas Mavericks		$19,795,714
Denver Nuggets		$15,852,511
Detroit Pistons		$11,375,000
Golden State Warriors		$11,000,000
Houston Rockets		$22,843,124
Indiana Pacers		$11,047,619
Los Angeles Clippers		$12,100,000
Los Angeles Lakers		$23,034,375
Memphis Grizzlies		$16,000,000
Miami Heat		$23,016,000

Team	Player	Salary
Milwaukee Bucks		$17,040,000
Minnesota Timberwolves		$12,000,000
New Jersey Nets		$11,242,666
New Orleans Hornets		$13,520,500
New York Knicks		$13,655,268
Oklahoma City Thunder		$7,906,088
Orlando Magic		$18,010,791
Philadelphia 76ers		$14,858,472
Phoenix Suns		$16,378,325
Portland Trailblazers		$6,857,725
Sacramento Kings		$9,680,170
San Antonio Spurs		$22,183,220
Toronto Raptors		$15,779,912
Utah Jazz		$16,452,000
Washington Wizards		$16,192,080

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NBA Highest Paid By Team Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: Rom -
Contributed: October 3rd, 2009
Category: Sports
Plays: 1,188

Tags: NBA Quizzes, highest, paid, salary, By Team, team, player

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	Ecliptica:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 04:04 GMT	-1 points
	Oops, all you need is 'al' for the Minnesota player. Got the Chicago player by accident thinking of a Philadelphia player. Got the Miami player by accident going for the Cleveland player. Never would've got the New Jersey player; that's pretty unbelievable.

	Rom:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 04:40 GMT	1 point
	what? I set it to Big Al, not al, but whatever.

	cottb128:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 04:42 GMT	1 point
	It's cause you had last name acceptable, so it took Al as the last name, no biggie. Also this list just proves how ridiculous NBA is with their contracts, some of these are so laughable.

	Rom:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 05:12 GMT	2 points
	Oh I get it. And yeah, these contracts ARE horrible.

	Kevin:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 05:47 GMT	1 point
	Rom, what was your source for this? Dirk definitely makes more than Damp, and according to Hoopshype.com, Peja makes more than Paul and Melo more than K-Mart.

	bbf2:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 06:18 GMT	0 points
	NBA contracts are weird, fluctuating things. They are paid different amounts in different years of the same contract. The more important number than the year-to-year contract is the amount the contract pays in full over the 2/3/4/whatever year period that the contract is for. For example Kevin Garnett has one of the biggest contracts in the league, but for some reason a lesser percentage of the money is doled out to him this season than it usually is (usually because there are certain years they want more salary cap flexability) which makes him listed as not being paid well for this year, but the money he'll have received when his contract expires will be the exact same as if they doled it out proportionally through the years.

	Rom:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 14:31 GMT	1 point
	I got it from ESPN.

	Rom:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 14:33 GMT	1 point
	Also try the NHL one, the source is Yahoo! Sports. http://www.sporcle.com/games/Rom/NHLSalaries

	tobinw:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 21:18 GMT	2 points
	LOL @ Erick Dampier making more than Dirk Nowitzki.

	Remmycool:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 01:01 GMT	0 points
	I like how there's a few tiers for the responses. There's the top group, Al Jefferson and up, who are clearly the most valuable player on their team. There's the middle group, Redd to Kirilenko, where they're still good players who deserve money, although maybe not quite as much as they get. Ty Chandler and Monta Ellis share the "I guess they're good, but how are they the top-paid player on their team?" tier. And then finally there's the Randolph tier, consisting of guys who were never good, never will be good and don't really even belong in the NBA.

	raberbar:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 02:30 GMT	2 points
	Funny and sad at the same time... Bobby Simmons, wtf?

	Rom:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 02:38 GMT	2 points
	Randolph IS good, but he sucks. He averages 20-10 actually, surprisingly, but he doesn't play, bad attitude, etc...

	mister_pianoman:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 03:29 GMT	1 point
	chandler got that much money when he looked like he was going to break out. also, he just got traded to the bobcats, who really have no other stars, so he was by default the biggest contract. he makes less than the 2nd or 4rd highest paid player on some teams I'm sure. also, Remmycool, I will mark up every single on of your comments I see from now on if you keep your zappa picture.

	Rom:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 23:36 GMT	2 points
	What about Gerald Wallace, mister_pianoman?

	IWANTMY2DOLLARS:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 04:23 GMT	2 points
	Dirk Nowitzki signed a three year, 59 million dollar contract extension that began in the 08-09 season. In the final year of his contract before the extension was made, his salary was over 16 million. Any way you look at it, he makes more than Dampier.

	Rom:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 18:40 GMT	1 point
	Are you sure his contract isn't like one that gets higher over time?

	mavrush79:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 04:51 GMT	1 point
	Dirk definitely makes more than Dampier.

	Rom:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 23:26 GMT	1 point
	Yep, ESPN changed it. I will also change it.

	dlh1231:	Jun 23rd, 2010 at 21:35 GMT	1 point
	As a Charlotte Bobcats fan, I can say that the fact Tyson Chandler is our highest paid player is a JOKE. The guy is horrible, and he has no offensive game. The only reason he averaged 12 PPG in New Orleans is because Paul set up him up for a lot of dunks (which is his entire offensive game). While he doesn't deserve to get paid that high (or to even start), he does make a nice bench player. He's a great team mate, and would make a solid backup (which is what he's become for the Bobcats). And @mister_pianoman: I would say the Bobcats have two stars, Gerald Wallace and Stephen Jackson.

	Wokonwata:	May 3rd, 2011 at 01:02 GMT	1 point
	The Oneals make way too much money.