NBA Salary Report (CNNSI)

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?cnn=yes

Want to know the most important statistic in the NBA? It's not points, rebounds or assists, but each player's monetary amount on the league's salary report.

SI.com has obtained a copy of this year's report that was available to league and team officials, players and agents at the start of the season. The report includes salaries for this season through the 2011-12 season. The report also cites the options, if any, that are attached to each player's contract. And it also shows the salaries of players who are no longer with those teams (check out how much the Mavs are paying Michael Finley this season).

You can click here to access each team's salary, or you can click on the specific team name in the chart below. Also, check out our top 50 highest-paid players, as well as our top 10 overpaid and underpaid players. And if you want to let off some steam, you can send us your thoughts on our NBA blog.

Team Salary Rankings  
Team-by-team salaries for the start of the 2006-07 season 
Rank Team 2006-07 Salary Total 
1 New York Knicks $117,024,192 
2 Dallas Mavericks $91,171,846 
3 Los Angeles Lakers $77,109,822 
4 Philadelphia 76ers $75,206,185 
5 Portland Trail Blazers $74,608,595 
6 Minnesota Timberwolves $67,479,003 
7 New Jersey Nets $66,985,348 
8 San Antonio Spurs $66,359,832 
9 Denver Nuggets $66,168,524 
10 Golden State Warriors $65,832,355 
11 Phoenix Suns* $65,399,240 
12 Memphis Grizzlies $64,451,991 
13 Sacramento Kings $63,731,020 
14 Miami Heat $63,450,821 
15 Cleveland Cavaliers $62,992,729 
16 Boston Celtics $62,622,805 
17 Washington Wizards $62,607,522 
18 Indiana Pacers $62,397,586 
19 Houston Rockets $61,682,117 
20 Utah Jazz $61,158,598 
21 Orlando Magic $61,013,311 
22 Milwaukee Bucks $60,498,470 
23 Los Angeles Clippers $58,484,155 
24 Detroit Pistons $58,349,927 
25 Seattle SuperSonics $57,644,508 
26 Chicago Bulls $54,754,904 
27 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets $53,185,473 
28 Toronto Raptors $51,131,694 
29 Atlanta Hawks $45,690,622 
30 Charlotte Bobcats $38,032,540 
*-includes contract of Jalen Rose, who was signed after this report was released

They've got individual salaries at the link.

[Sense]

Didn't we used to be in the bottom half of the list?

[Kori Ellis]

Didn't we used to be in the bottom half of the list?

Yeah when they were saving money to pay Tony and Manu. Now they are paying them.

[FromWayDowntown]

Didn't we used to be in the bottom half of the list?

But I thought Holt and Spurs ownership were cheapskates . . . .

[RobinsontoDuncan]

How much comes off the pay role when Eric Williams's and Robert Horry's contracts come off the books? I think this is the last year of Fin's contract too.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

8 San Antonio Spurs $66,359,832

Holt Cat is a cheap er, he'd rather save a buck than win a le.

[GrandeDavid]

Go Spurs! Way to stay in the top ten like a heavyweight contender should. Sadly, folks, that's today's sports economics. You wanna play, you gotta pay. And being one of the league's smallest markets, I appreciate the sacking up. I guess Finley's salary is also accounted for...not sure, but still, nice to see that Spurs mgt. has the heart and stones to stay salary compe ive.

[GrandeDavid]

I'm kind of surprise at Chicago's payroll. I would have thought it would have been considerably higher. Without Ben Wallace's salary...damn...

[phyzik]

One team is paying out $25 million more just to compete with the Spurs....


At least its not nearly as bad as paying out $51 million more than the Spurs and barely able to compete with the Bobcats.

[Amarelooms]

Actually Finley's salary counts as the Mavs total so it's not that big a gap

[GrandeDavid]

^ Thanks for the info.

[1Parker1]

I'm shocked the Miami Heat are at 14...I thought they'd be much higher.

[ALVAREZ6]

How's Portland 5???

[ShoogarBear]

I'm shocked the Miami Heat are at 14...I thought they'd be much higher.

The middle group are all really so close as to be essentially the same.

The difference between #6 and #22 = difference between #5 and #6.

[dknights411]

How's Portland 5???

This is all from Hoops Hype. 6 Blazers are making over 5 mil this year alone (Randolph @ 12 mil, LaFrentz @ 10 mil, Derek Anderson @ 10 mil, Magloire @ 8 mil, Miles @ 7 mil, Przybilla @ 5 mil). To compare, the Spurs have 4 guys making 5 mil this year (the Big 3 + Brent Barry)

BTW, The Knicks have 13 guys making over 5 mil this year!!! (4 of which are making 15 mil this year)

[1Parker1]

The middle group are all really so close as to be essentially the same.

The difference between #6 and #22 = difference between #5 and #6.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

You know, I figured some people would recognize that when I said "They've got individual salaries at the link," they'd understand that individual salaries were at the link and they could make one click and find it.

Apparently not.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas.../nba/salaries/

[RobinsontoDuncan]

Actually Finley's salary counts as the Mavs total so it's not that big a gap

That's not true, finley was cut because he woulndt count against the cap that way

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

finley is not on the dallas payroll.

I've got 34,735,749 reasons that say you're incorrect, sir.