Re: A lot of money....

[Warwick Janetzki <giants@eisa.net.au>]

Meninno, James A. wrote:

> According to www.onhoops.com, here is a complete list of everyone in the
> NBA making more than $10 million per year.
> M Jordan - $33.1 mill
> P Ewing - $20.5 mill
> H Grant - $14.3 mill
> Shaq -  $12.9 mill
> D Robinson - $12.4 mill
> J Howard -  $11.3 mill
> A Mourning - $11.3 mill
> H Olajuwon - $11.2 mill
> G Payton -  $10.5 mill
> Is there anyone, aside from Garnett, who will join the club next year?
> I fail to see how this adds up to $20 million per for Antoine.  $15
> million puts him 4th behind MJ, Garnett, and Ewing.  MJ retires and he's
> 3rd.  How can he demand more than that?  Do any teams really have $15
> million in cap space (other than if Chicago dumps their whole team)?
> Without getting into Antoine's merits as a player, I think $20 million
> is above market value.  So far only MJ ('nuff said), Ewing (thank you
> for all those years of hard work) and Garnett (way, way, way more than
> anyone else would have paid) have been given that much.
> Jim

Top free agents probably/possibly getting up to $10mil

Center
Arvydas Sabonis

Power Forward
Tom Gugliotta
Charles Barkley
Jayson Williams
Antonio McDyess

Small Forward
Scottie Pippen

Shooting Guard
Michael Jordan

Point Guard
Rod Strickland
Damon Stoudamire

Thats all the players that I expect to get $10mil/year.. I did leave Joe
Smith out simply because NO ONE will pay him THAT much!

Warwick