Hoops Rumors is in the process of ranking the cap hit for each NBA player by position. I previously ran down the point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center salaries for the 2014/15 season. I’ve also begun looking ahead to the 2015/16 campaign with a rundown of the cap hits for the point guards. Next on the agenda will be a look forward at the salaries for shooting guards already inked to deals for next season.
All told, NBA teams have committed a total of $305,799,701 in cap hits so far for next season to the men charged with lighting up the scoreboards around the league. The average hit for the two spot so far for 2015/16 is a respectable $4,853,964, with Kobe Bryant of the Lakers topping the list with an impressive $25MM coming his way. Though it should be noted that the list and rankings will change greatly depending on how the free agent market develops next summer.
I also should add that teams won’t necessarily pay out every dollar listed here. There are quite a few players who have non-guaranteed or partially guaranteed contracts. Some of those players will be sweating it out until the January 2015 deadline. That’s when teams must waive players with no specific guarantee date written into their contracts to avoid having to guarantee their salaries for the rest of that season.
Most salaries align with cap hits, but that’s not the case for players like Jeremy Lin , who’s receiving close to $15MM from the Lakers during the 2014/15 season even though his cap hit was little more than half that amount, because of the contract he signed through the Gilbert Arenas Provision. In addition, incentive clauses that a player either triggers or fails to meet can leave a player with more or less money than his cap hit reflects. Still, the purpose of this list is to show the relative pay scale by position, which is why all contracts are included in this post.
The league’s shooting guards are listed below, in descending order of cap hit for next season:
- Kobe Bryant (Lakers) $25,000,000
- Dwyane Wade (Heat) $16,125,000 [Player Option]
- James Harden (Rockets) $15,756,438
- Eric Gordon (Pelicans) $15,514,031 [Player Option]
- Klay Thompson (Warriors) $15,501,000
- Andre Iguodala (Warriors) $11,710,456
- DeMar DeRozan (Raptors) $10.1MM
- Alec Burks (Jazz) $9,463,484
- Lance Stephenson (Hornets) $9MM
- Monta Ellis (Mavs) $8,720,000
- O.J. Mayo (Bucks) $8MM
- Avery Bradley (Celtics) $7,730,337
- Arron Afflalo (Nuggets) $7.5MM [Player Option]
- Kevin Martin (Wolves) $7,085,000
- J.J. Redick (Clippers) $7,085,000
- J.R. Smith (Knicks) $6,399,750 [Player Option]
- Jodie Meeks (Pistons) $6,270,000
- Kyle Korver (Hawks) $5,746,479
- Bradley Beal (Wizards) $5,694,674
- Courtney Lee (Grizzlies) $5,675,000
- Victor Oladipo (Magic) $5,192,520
- Tony Allen (Grizzles) $5,168,539
- Dion Waiters (Cavs) $5,138,430
- Corey Brewer (Rockets) $4,905,000 [Player Option]
- Ben Gordon (Magic) $4.5MM
- C.J. Miles (Pacers) $4,392,225
- Jared Dudley (Bucks) $4,250,000 [Early Termination Option]
- Vince Carter (Grizzlies) $4,088,019
- Bojan Bogdanovic (Nets) $3,425,510
- Evan Turner (Celtics) $3,425,510
- Quincy Pondexter (Grizzlies) $3,382,023
- Anthony Morrow (Thunder) $3,344,000
- Ben McLemore (Kings) $3,156,600
- Randy Foye (Nuggets) $3,135,000
- Jeremy Lamb (Thunder) $3,034,356
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Pistons) $2,891,760
- Nik Stauskas (Kings) $2,869,440
- C.J. McCollum (Blazers) $2,525,160
- Evan Fournier (Magic) $2,288,205
- Tony Wroten (Sixers) $2,179,353
- Kent Bazemore (Hawks) $2MM
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) $1,953,960
- James Young (Celtics) $1,749,840
- Zoran Dragic (Suns) $1,706,250
- Gary Harris (Nuggets) $1,587,480
- Jordan Adams (Grizzles) $1,404,600
- Alan Anderson (Nets) $1,333,484 [Player Option]
- Brandon Rush (Warriors) $1,270,964 [Player Option]
- Reggie Bullock (Clippers) $1,252,440
- Andre Roberson (Thunder) $1,210,800
- P.J. Hairston (Hornets) $1,201,440
- Archie Goodwin (Suns) $1,160,160
- C.J. Wilcox (Clippers) $1,159,680
- Garrett Temple (Wizards) $1,100,602
- E’Twaun Moore (Bulls) $1,015,421
- Toure’ Murry (Jazz) $1MM
- Allen Crabbe (Blazers) $947,276
- Troy Daniels (Rockets) $947,276
- Ricky Ledo (Mavs) $947,276
- Hollis Thompson (Sixers) $947,276
- Markel Brown (Nets) $845,059
- Joe Harris (Cavs) $845,059
- Nick Johnson (Rockets) $845,059
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.