Question: Who is the most payed player in the nba?

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question: Who is the most payed player in the nba in the 2016-2017 season?
short_answers: LeBron James

LeBron Raymone James Sr.

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question: Who is the most payed player in the nba in the 2015-2016 season?
short_answers: Kobe Bean Bryant

Kobe Bryant

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question: Who is the most payed player in the nba in the 2014-2015 season?
short_answers: Kobe Bean Bryant

Kobe Bryant

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question: Who was the highest paid NBA player from 2017-2018?
short_answers: Stephen Curry

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question: Who was the highest paid NBA player from 2016-2017?
short_answers: LeBron James

context: James has signed numerous endorsement contracts; some of the companies that he has done business with are Audemars Piguet, Coca-Cola, Dunkin' Brands, McDonald's, Nike, State Farm and Beats by Dre. Coming out of high school, he was the target of a three-way bidding war among Nike, Reebok, and Adidas, eventually signing with Nike for approximately $90 million. His signature shoes have performed well for Nike. In 2011, Fenway Sports Group became the sole global marketer of his rights, and as part of the deal, he was granted a minority stake in the English Premier League football club Liverpool, who he has claimed his support for. As a result of James's endorsement money and NBA salary, he has been listed as one of the world's highest-paid athletes. In 2013, he surpassed Kobe Bryant as the highest paid basketball player in the world, with earnings of $56.5 million. In 2014, James realized a profit of more than $30 million as part of Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics; he had originally struck a deal to get a small stake in the company at its inception in exchange for promoting its headphones. In 2015, he was ranked the sixth highest earning sportsperson, and third highest in 2016 (after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi). James has stated that he would like to own an NBA team in the future, albeit in a hands-off capacity. In 2011, James co-founded the designer retail store UNKNWN in Miami, Florida.
question: Who was the highest paid NBA player from 2015-2016?
short_answers: Kobe Bryant
wikipage: LeBron James

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knowledge: content: The highest-paid NBA players by season has recently eclipsed $40 million.
wikipage: Highest-paid NBA players by season

content: Kobe Bean Bryant (/ˈkoʊbiː/ KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player.
wikipage: Kobe Bryant

content: In 2016, he signed with the Cavaliers on a three-year deal,[384] becoming the highest-paid player in the league for the first time in his career.
wikipage: LeBron James Media figure and business interests

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: Bryant resumed practicing in November 2013, after the 2013–2014 season had already begun. On November 25, he signed a two-year contract extension with the Lakers at an estimated value of $48.5 million.
wikipage: Kobe Bryant Injury-plagued years (2013–2015)
long_answer: The highest-paid NBA players by season has recently eclipsed $40 million. In the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 season, the highest-paid player was American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant, with a 2-year contract worth $48.5 million. In the 2016-2017 season, the highest-paid player was then Cavaliers player Lebron James. In the 2017-2018 season, this title belonged to Golden State Warriors player Stephen Curry.

knowledge: content: Michael Jordan was the first NBA player to sign a contract worth over $20 million and in fact it exceeded $30 million as well in a season (1996-97); this was a record he had held for 15 years. Kobe Bryant became just the second player to reach this milestone when the 2013–14 season began.[1] LeBron James became the third in the 2016–17 season. 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: Michael Jordan was the first NBA player to sign a contract worth over $20 million which exceeded $30 million as well in season 1996-97, this was a record he had held for 15 years. Kobe Bryant became the second player to reach this milestone when the 2013–14 season began. LeBron James became the third in the 2016–17 season. 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.