Hoops Rumors is in the process of ranking the salaries, separated by conference, for each NBA player by position. We’ve already looked at the point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards and centers of the Western Conference and we’ve now turned our attention toward the East, by running down the conference’s point guards. Next up — the shooting guards.
All told, the teams in the east have committed a total of $315,686,809 in cap hits this season to the men who man the two spot. The average conference salary for shooting guards this season is currently $4,324,477, with DeMar DeRozan topping the list with $26,540,100 to account for on his year-end W-2 form.
It should be noted 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 won’t make it out of the preseason, while others will be sweating it out until January 10th. 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 the season. 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.
I should also add that not every player listed below will play at shooting guard this season, as some will likely see some time at point guard and others at small forward. To maintain uniformity, I used their positions listed on the teams’ official rosters to determine which list to include them on. So if you see a player who isn’t expected to play two guard for his team this season listed below, that’s why.
The Eastern Conference’s shooting guards are listed below, in descending order of salary:
- DeMar DeRozan [Raptors] —$26,540,100
- Dwyane Wade [Bulls] — $23,200,000
- Bradley Beal [Wizards] —$22,116,750
- Nicolas Batum [Hornets] — $20,869,566
- Jimmy Butler [Bulls] — $17,552,209
- Evan Fournier [Magic] —$17,000,000
- Kent Bazemore [Hawks] — $15,730,338
- Khris Middleton [Bucks] —$15,200,000
- Courtney Lee [Knicks] —$11,242,000
- Monta Ellis [Pacers] — $10,763,500
- Iman Shumpert [Cavs] —$9,662,922
- Gerald Henderson [Sixers] —$9,000,000
- Avery Bradley [Celtics] —$8,269,663
- Jodie Meeks [Magic] —$6,540,000
- Jeremy Lamb [Hornets] — $6,511,628
- Marco Belinelli [Hornets] — $6,333,333
- Wayne Ellington [Heat] —$6,000,000
- Tyler Johnson [Heat] —$5,628,000
- Kyle Korver [Hawks] — $5,239,437
- Mario Hezonja [Magic] —$3,909,840
- Thabo Sefolosha [Hawks] — $3,850,000
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope [Pistons] — $3,678,319
- Bojan Bogdanovic [Nets] — $3,573,020
- Nik Stauskas [Sixers] —$2,993,040
- Dion Waiters [Heat] —$2,898,000
- Tomas Satoransky [Wizards] —$2,870,813
- Randy Foye [Nets] — $2,500,000
- Tim Hardaway Jr. [Hawks] — $2,281,605
- Denzel Valentine [Bulls] — $2,092,200
- James Young [Celtics] —$1,825,200
- Rashad Vaughn [Bucks] —$1,811,040
- Caris LeVert [Nets] — $1,562,280
- Dahntay Jones [Cavs] — $1,551,659
- Jason Terry [Bucks] — $1,551,659
- DeAndre’ Bembry [Hawks] — $1,499,760
- Sasha Vujacic [Knicks] —$1,410,598
- Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot [Sixers] —$1,326,960
- C.J. Wilcox [Magic] —$1,209,600
- R.J. Hunter [Celtics] —$1,200,240
- Isaiah Whitehead [Nets] — $1,074,145
- Glenn Robinson III [Pacers] — $1,050,500
- Justin Holiday [Knicks] —$1,015,696
- DeAndre Liggins [Cavs] —$1,015,696
- Hollis Thompson [Sixers] —$1,015,696
- Markel Brown [Cavs] — $980,431
- Jarell Eddie [Wizards] —$980,431
- Joe Harris [Nets] — $980,431
- Orlando Johnson [Bucks] — $980,431
- Sean Kilpatrick [Nets] — $980,431
- Marcus Thornton [Wizards] —$980,431
- Malcolm Brogdon [Bucks] —$925,000
- Darrun Hilliard [Pistons] — $874,636
- John Holland [Cavs] —$874,636
- Nick Johnson [Magic] — $874,636
- Jordan McRae [Cavs] —$874,636
- Kevin Murphy [Magic] — $874,636
- Norman Powell [Raptors] —$874,636
- Josh Richardson [Heat] —$874,636
- Aaron Harrison [Hornets] — $874,636
- Michael Gbinije [Pistons] — $650,000
- Beau Beech [Nets] — $543,471
- Ron Baker [Knicks] —$543,471
- Drew Crawford [Raptors] —$543,471
- Treveon Graham [Hornets] — $543,471
- Brady Heslip [Raptors] — $543,471
- Damion Lee [Celtics] — $543,471
- Sheldon McClellan [Wizards] —$543,471
- Rodney McGruder [Heat] —$543,471
- Brandon Paul [Sixers]—$543,471
- Rasheed Sulaimon [Hornets] — $543,471
- J.P. Tokoto [Knicks] —$543,471
- Thomas Walkup [Bulls] — $543,471
- Nick Zeisloft [Pacers] — $543,471