Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is scheduled to make roughly $12 million next NBA season. The two-time NBA MVP is slated to make considerably less than many of the free agents signing this offseason. Stats & Information takes a look at the list of players who are tentatively scheduled to make more than Curry when their contracts become official Thursday.
To be fair, the cap is 60 percent higher than when Curry signed, and he will be a free agent next offseason and thus will be able to partake in these riches. Last season, he averaged 34 minutes and 30.1 points.
The list of players who will make more than Stephen Curry in 2016 is getting a little ridiculous:
2015-16 team: Lakers
2016-17 team: Lakers
Reported deal: four years, $50M
During his rookie season, Clarkson averaged 11.9 points. Last year he boosted that average to 15.5 points per game, second only behind Kobe Bryant on the Lakers.
2015-16 team: Celtics
2016-17 team: Trail Blazers
Reported deal: four years, $70M
In what was his best season since 2013-14, Turner averaged 10.5 points and 4.9 rebounds with the Celtics in 2015-16.
2015-16 team: Magic
2016-17 team: Magic
Reported deal: five years, $85M
Fournier was considered a priority for the Magic after averaging 15.4 points with 2.8 rebounds this past season.
2015-16 team: Hornets
2016-17 team: Nets
Reported deal: three years, $36M
Lin has had success in New York in the past, albeit with the Knicks, in 2011-12. He has become somewhat of a journeyman since then, averaging 11.5 points his last two seasons with the Lakers and Hornets after a stint in Houston.
2015-16 team: Cavaliers
2016-17 team: Lakers
Reported deal: four years, $65M
Mozgov scored 15 points in the playoffs last season. That's fewer points than millions per year he will make.
2015-16 team: Pacers
2016-17 team: Pelicans
Reported deal: four years, $52M
The Pacers declined a $2.3M team option for Hill for 2016-17, which turned out to be very lucrative for the Arizona product. Hill parlayed a solid playoffs into this big deal after averaging only 4.2 points during the 2015-16 regular season.
2015-16 team: Grizzlies/Clippers
2016-17 team: Magic
Reported deal: one year, $15M
Green played with both the Grizzlies and the Clippers last season, averaging 11.7 points and 4.2 rebounds. He'll now be on his fifth NBA team, and fourth in the last three years alone.
Conley wins Day 1
While not a role player, Mike Conley's NBA record five-year, $153 million contract means he will make more than twice as much as Curry next season. Conley is one of three players to sign a $100 million contract without ever making an NBA All-Star team ... and all three signed those deals this offseason. To put this in perspective, Peyton Manning made approximately $135.7 million in base salary and $248.7 million in total cash during his entire NFL career.
The Warriors will be paying Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson a combined $44.1 million this season.
Combined, the Grizzlies will be paying Conley and Chandler Parsons -- both agreed to deals Friday -- $48.8 million next season.
Before this offseason vs. this offseason
Before this offseason, no NBA player had ever signed a $100 million contract without making an All-Star team.
This offseason, three players have agreed to such deals (Conley, Bradley Beal and Nicolas Batum).
Before this offseason, only one player had signed a $100 million contract with a career scoring average lower than 14 PPG (Jermaine O'Neal, who played only 11.5 minutes per game his first four seasons to depress his average).
This offseason three players agreed to $100 million deals despite career scoring averages below 14 PPG (Conley, Batum and Andre Drummond).
How do they stack up to the NFL
Conley, DeMar DeRozan, Drummond and Beal agreed to contracts that will total up to $547.4 million.
That is roughly equivalent to the combined guaranteed money of the current QB contracts of: Andrew Luck, Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Cam Newton, Tony Romo, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Jared Goff, Sam Bradford, and Kirk Cousins.