Do you think Lebron James will be highest paid player in NBA by end of this or next year?
August 30th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Many would put him in top 2 right now in NBA. If he signed a contract next year hed be 25 and a 7 year contract will basically sign him close to his peak. He might probably get 25 million a year since he is the best scorer on the cavs, best passer, and their best rebounder.
By: Ian
By: Ian
August 31st, 2009 at 19:13
I think he will be the highest paid player.. if they will the championship that will push his price even higher
August 31st, 2009 at 23:50
Yes, LeBron becomes a free agent after next season. He will easily make more money than anyone ever has, except possibly Jordan’s 36 million for his final season. But, there is a good chance that LeBron is looking at 40 million a year for at least 5 seasons.
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:09
YES HE WILL
September 3rd, 2009 at 01:43
Yeah I do. Im just really really hoping the offer comes from Cleveland.
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:29
he should, one of the best as of right now being in his prime i he shoulld
September 3rd, 2009 at 22:39
LeBron will undoubtfully be the highest paid player in the NBA by 2010. He probably will get the biggest contract in NBA history beating Kobe’s $136,400,000 dollars for a seven year span. I project that LeBron gets a 210million dollar contract for seven years. Probably making $40 million in his first 4 years. Yes and he is worth every cent of that money. He is a joy and pleasure to watch and I wouldn’t want see him anywhere else than Cleveland other then the Lakers, of course. Kobe and LeBron on one team= most championships provided by a tandem i.e beating Pippen and Jordan. LeBron is already a global icon by the time he gets this contract he is going to be a billionaire.
September 7th, 2009 at 02:30
yeah he will sign a deal like dat but u have to remember wit all of the commercials and his nike thing he has going on he will easily be the highest paid athlete.
September 7th, 2009 at 15:11
I think he will
September 10th, 2009 at 05:39
Yes, a players compensation is determined by what value he brings to his team- not only is he the leagues (probably best player) statistically, he is also its biggest star- he can sell out arenas more consistently than any other single player. Just as he was probably the most sought after draft pick ever, he will probably be its most sought after free agent, and get max money wherever he goes. He’s currently third on the popular selling jersey list- but that should increase when he A) wins a championship and B) has less uncertainty about his future team. Combine his basketball genius and marketing ability, and he will get the most money easily.
September 10th, 2009 at 15:47
No, he won’t. The Collective Bargaining Agreement sets the maximum salary an individual player can be offered as a percentage of the salary cap. For a player with 7-9 years of experience, the max is $11,000,000 or 30% of the salary cap. The problem is that the salary cap is based on total revenue for the NBA. With the economy tanking, revenue will be going down, so the salary cap will probably be lower next year That means teams won’t be able to offer LeBron as much as they were able to offer max-out free agents this year or last year.
Also, there’s no way LeBron will be able to get close to the $24,500,000 the Kevin Garnett makes. Garnett is one of those lucky players who signed his big deal before the salary cap went into place. Shaq is another one. They can exceed the maximum salary limits because they were making it before 1999.