From: gsd@unislc.uucp (Greg Dodd)
Subject: NBA Salaries '92
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:38:52 GMT


I knew that I should have posted the entire article in the first place, I tell
ya, some mothers children!

The article title is:

Mr. Robinson is the Highest Paid Player in NBA Neighborhood.

Author The Associated Press (in the Salt Lake Tribune Sunday 12/20), Taken
from the Dallas Morning News.

This is the entire article:

Dallas -San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson is the NBA's Highest-paid player
this season at $5.72 million, and he's amoung the 173 players in the league 
who are making more than $1 million according to the published report.

Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan is the second-highest paid at $4 million.
The Dallas Morning News also reported in it's Sunday edition that the Boston
Celtics have the highest team payroll at $24.998 million, while the Dallas
Mavericks are at the bottom at $11.459 million.

The Celtics and 20 other teams are over the NBA's $14 million salary cap, 
according to the report.

The reason so many teams are over the cap, determined by taking 53% of the NBA's defined gross revenues, is because clubs are allowed to exceed the cap to 
resign their players. Additional salary slots are created when a team loses a
player for the season because of injury.

Despite appearances, team officials said they aren't trying to push their
payrolls up. On the contrary, staying under the cap expands a team's possible
deals.

"It's just gives you tremendous flexibility," said New York Knicks President
David Checketts, whose payroll is exactly $14 million. "No team will be able
to stay under the cap long. Next year, we'll be way over."

"But you'd better love your team before you go over. Once you're over, your
ability to sign free agents and to make deals is really hindered."

No matter how far the Spurs go over the cap - they're fifth this season at 
$18.223 million - Robinson will continue to rank at or near the top of the
league's salary structure during the remaining four years of his contract.

The reason is a unique clause in his contract that pays him the average of the
league's two highest paid players. He can become an unrestricted free agent if
the team chooses not to pay that amount.

General managers say Robinson's type of contract si what drives up league-wide
salary figures. But Robinson's agent, Lee Fentress, prefers to call the deal
he forged creative.

Behind Robinson and Jordan are the Cleveland forward John Williams at $3.785
million and Los Angeles Lakers center Valde Divac at $3.633 million.

The report also showed that four members of the U.S. Olympic basketball
"Dream Team" aren't amoung the league's financial elite.

Phoenix's Charles Barkley($2.4 million), Utah's Karl Malone($2.85 million),
Portland's Clyde Drexler($1.37 million) and Minnesota's Christian Laettner($2.1 million) don't rank amount the five highest paid players athe ther positions.

The league's big men continued to demand big salaries. Of the 16 players who 
make $3 million or more this season, only Jordan, Boston's Reggie Lewis($3.3
million) and Indiana's Reggie Miller($3.2 million) are guards.


Top 10 NBA players for 1992.

Ranking		Player			$(millions)

1.  		David Robinson 		5.72
2.		Michael Jordan		4.0
3.		John Williams		3.785
4.		Valde Divac		3.633
5.		Robert Parish		3.512
6.		Dominique Wilkins	3.5
7.		Kevin McHale		3.5
8.		Scottie Pippen		3.425
9.		Reggie Lewis		3.32
10.		Patrick Ewing		3.3

1992 NBA payrolls.

1.		Boston			24.998
2.		Cleveland		19.675
3.		LA Lakers		18.851
4.		Chicago			18.535
5.		San Antonio		18.223
6.		Atlanta			18.035
7.		Philadelphia		17.368
8.		Washington		17.249
9.		Portland		16.369
10.		New Jersey		16.314
11.		Indiana			16.267
12.		Houston			15.902
13.		Golden State		15.473
14.		Miami			15.125
15.		Orlando			14.967
16.		Utah			14.517
17.		Phoenix			14.305
18.		LA Clippers		14.287
19.		Charlotte		14.151
20.		Seattle			14.033
21.		Milwaukee		14.032
22.		New York		14.000
23.		Detroit			13.953
24.		Sacramento		13.953
25.		Denver			13.776
26.		Minnesota		13.731
27. 		Dallas			11.459


Merry Christmas 

Greg

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