Question: Who's the highest paid nba player 2017?

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question: Who's the highest paid NBA player in the 2017-2018 season?
short_answers: Stephen Curry
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question: Who's the highest paid NBA player in the 2016-2017 season?
short_answers: LeBron James
Lebron James
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question: Who's the highest paid NBA player in the 2017-2018 season?
short_answers: Stephen Curry
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question: Who's the highest paid NBA player in the 2016-2017 season?
short_answers: LeBron James
Lebron James

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knowledge: content: The only player to have won NBA championships with three franchises (the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, and the Lakers) as NBA Finals MVP,[2] James has competed in ten NBA Finals, eight of them consecutively with the Heat and the Cavaliers from 2011–2018. 
wikipage: LeBron James
content: Wardell Stephen "Steph" Curry II (/ˈstɛfən/ STEF-ən; born March 14, 1988[1]) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
wikipage: Stephen Curry
content:  The regular season began on October 25, 2016, with the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers hosting a game against the New York Knicks.
wikipage: 2016–17 NBA season
content: The regular season ended on April 12, 2017, and the playoffs began on April 15, 2017 and ended on June 12, 2017, with the Golden State Warriors going 16-1 in the playoffs and beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games during their third consecutive matchup in the NBA Finals. 
wikipage: 2016–17 NBA season
content: The regular season began on October 17, 2017, earlier than previous seasons to reduce the number of "back-to-back" games teams were scheduled to play,[1] with the 2017 Eastern Conference champion (and Finals runner–up) Cleveland Cavaliers hosting a game against the Boston Celtics at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
wikipage: 2017–18 NBA season
content: The playoffs began on April 14, 2018[3] and ended on June 8 with the Golden State Warriors defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals.
wikipage: 2017–18 NBA season
content: He plays the point guard position.
wikipage: Stephen Curry
long_answer: The highest paid NBA player can vary from season to season. During the 2016-2017 season from October 2016 to June 2017, the Cleveland Cavaliers player Lebron James was ranked as the highest paid NBA player. In the 2017-2018 season from October 2017 to June 2018 however, the Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry became the highest paid NBA player. 
knowledge: content: The highest-paid NBA players by season has recently eclipsed $40 million.
wikipage: Highest-paid NBA players by season
content: Stephen Curry became the first player to eclipse $40 million per year when he signed a record 5-year contract worth $201 million in 2017, starting with $34,682,550 in the 2017-18 season and ending with the largest earnings in the 2021-22 season with a record payout of $45,780,966.
wikipage: Highest-paid NBA players by season
long_answer: The highest paid NBA player in the 2016-2017 season was LeBron James. Recently, the highest-paid NBA players by season has eclipsed $40 million. Stephen Curry became the first player to eclipse $40 million per year when he signed a record 5-year contract worth $201 million in 2017, starting with $34,682,550 in the 2017-18 season.