Where does the salary of NBA players come from?
Many players have an annual salary of 1 million yuan or even a bonus of around 2, yuan, which is really sky-high. Others hold the cheapest basic salary contract, more than 4 thousand a year. There are many high-paid and low-energy players, low-paid and high-energy players and so on.
Now, take the familiar Rockets as an example. There are two players with an annual salary of over 1 million, McGrady and Dayao. For example, McGrady's average annual salary can reach more than 13 million, and this year's annual salary can reach 16.9 million, while Yao Ming's annual salary is about 12.4 million, but Yao Ming's average annual salary is higher than McGrady's, and his contract is 76 million for five years. Like Yao Ming, he earns an average of $15.2 million a year. Because Yao Ming doesn't have as many bad hobbies as American players, he spends at most about $3, a year on his girlfriend. Don't think it's rare, but it's quite a lot when converted into RMB 2.5 million or so. The key to Yao Ming's money is spent on entertainment (NBA stars are well-known people in the United States, so there will be a lot of parties to attend), fundraising (Yao Ming is keen on public welfare), living (big stars have to live in good houses, even if they are not luxury houses), and traveling (the oil price in the United States is very high). So even if it is high, it will cost 1 million. Then he still has an annual salary of 14 million, not counting Yao Ming's other income, such as advertising, endorsement, and other businesses and industries (such as restaurants as everyone knows).
Therefore, with the increase of annual salary and fame, Yao Ming will bring him about five times the current economic income in the next few years, and earn about 5 million RMB every year. What about the other players of the Rockets? Judging from this year's annual salary, there are several middle-class players in the Rockets: Shane Battier: 5.4 million Juwan Howard: 6.4 million Rafer Alston: 3.85 million Bob Sura: 3.8 million and so on. Besides eating, drinking and having fun, the money will cost more than 1 million, so there is still a lot left. Therefore, most NBA players can be described as rich people. Once you step into this arena and enter this place of fame and fortune, you can be said to have reached the sky in one step. These people like Marbury and Iverson should have a good understanding. But there are still quite a few people whose lives are insecure, even in the NBA, a money-making machine.
For example, Ryan Bowen of the Rockets gets 9, yuan a year, Chuck Hayes gets 66, yuan a year, and this year's second-round rookie Kelenna Azubuike only gets an annual salary of about 4, yuan, and the contract is not guaranteed. If he fails next year, he may be fired immediately. In fact, even if they can get hundreds of thousands of annual salary in this way, they are considered rich people in the upper-middle class in the United States. However, since they are in the NBA, they will inevitably have some social activities, so their lives will be very tight. This is why some European players choose to play in Europe. If you play a walk-on in this team, your money can only be regarded as pocket money compared with those big-name stars.
Well, having said all this, I just want to draw out a data table that I want to give, listing some players with the highest annual salary in NBA, all of whom have an average annual salary of more than or close to 1 million. If he earns the same amount, he will be ranked according to his age and the length of his contract, and the favorable one will be ranked first. For example, O 'Neill and Garnett both have five-year contracts of 1 million yuan, but O 'Neill is already a veteran, and it is quite beneficial for him to get this sky-high contract, so he is ranked ahead of Garnett. In view of the convenience, everyone uses Chinese names. The annual salary is ten thousand dollars. Only the top 5 are listed. Some players have renewed their contracts with the team in advance, but they are still based on their previous contracts.