We are in the globalized era of basketball, where NBA salaries are skyrocketing, in the mere style of basketball players looking for the hoop to score. Supply and demand in sports makes the income of these basketball superstars staves increase with the passing of the seasons to stratospheric quantities.
Currently Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors has the highest annual salary in the NBA, earning $52 million in the upcoming 2023-2024 season (Michael Jordan earned $33.1 million in the 97-98 season, which which would now be 55.2 million in the current era), a figure that is increasingly close to being doubled for the next big record contract in the league, which pointed to a European character, Luka Doncic. The Dallas Mavericks’ Slovenian star point guard, Luka Dončić, will earn more than $40 million this season, but everything indicates that he will double that figure in his next big contract.
That next big check should come in 2025. He’s one of eight players who will be eligible to sign “supermax” deals if he earns an All-NBA selection this season. That bodes well for the European, as he has been selected to the All-NBA first team in each of the last four seasons.
It will be a significant jump to see a salary of 80 million dollars in two years, considering that currently the limit is around 50 million dollars per year.
Doncic is undoubtedly one of the NBA’s brightest young stars. He ranked second in the league with a career-high 32.4 points per game and also averaged 8.6 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.4 steals.
However, Doncic’s brilliance has yet to lead to significant postseason success for the Mavs.
After surprisingly reaching the Western Conference Finals in 2022, the Mavericks failed to enter the playoffs last season after finishing with a 38-44 record, this due to the acquisition of fellow star Kyrie Irving.
A full training camp is expected to benefit the partnership between Doncic and Irving. Perhaps the 2023-24 season will be where the 24-year-old player takes the next step towards the Most Valuable Player race to prove that he is worthy of a million-dollar deal to fill his coffers, and confirm himself as one of the faces of the future in the NBA.
2023-09-08 05:27:49
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