| Average LEO Salary = $25,000 | Average Basketball Players Salary = 4 Million |
 Perhaps, the wealthy should sponsor cities. |  Earnings vary widely. The top players can get millions, especially after adding in their endorsement deals. According to Forbes, in 2004 Michael Jordan made 35 million dollars; Shaquille O'Neal made 31.9 million; Kevin Garnett made 29.7; Kobe Bryant made 26.1; Grant Hill made 25.9; and LeBron James brought in 21.1. Here are the median salaries for the top three paying teams, as reported by USAToday for the 2004-2005 season: * Dallas Mavericks $5,900,000 * New York Knicks $5,505,000 * Minnesota Timberwolves $4,837,633 For the bottom three teams: * Charlotte Bobcats $1,100,000 * San Antonio Spurs $1,100,000 * New Jersey Nets $939,480 It really depends on what team your on and how good you are at the playing the game. The overall average salary for NBA players in 2010 was roughly $3.4 million, according to Andrew Brandt of the Huffington Post. |
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