It’s Friday so it’s time for some NBA sports trivia. This time we are going to mix it up by playing a “guess the NBA salary” game. I’m going to give you two options and you need to guess which player made more money in their NBA career. If you want to take this even a step further try and guess how much each player made. You’d be amazed at the amount of coin that some of these players made. All of the salaries were taken from the greatest NBA website on the planet: Basketball-Reference.com.
- Shawn Kemp or Ben Wallace
- Gilbert Arenas or Juwan Howard
- Chris Webber or Rasheed Wallace
- Jalen Rose or Damon Stoudamire
- Jerry Stackhouse or Nick Van Exel
- Antoine Walker or Latrell Sprewell
- Kurt Thomas or Darius Miles
- John Starks or Will Purdue
- Muggsy Bogues or Avery Johnson
- Erick Dampier or Jason Richardson
- Rik Smits or Charles Barkley
- Sebastian Telfair or Steve Kerr
- Ray Allen or Dwayne Wade
- Kobe Bryant or Shaquille O’Neal
- Chauncey Billups or Steve Nash
- Vince Carter or Antawan Jamison
- Larry Hughes or Ricky Davis
- Grant Hill or Tracy McGrady
- Horace Grant or Kelvin Cato
- Elton Brand or Scottie Pippen
- Bobby Hurley or Cherokee Parks
- Christian Laettner or Jamal Mashburn
- Kwame Brown or Eddy Curry
- Baron Davis or Penny Hardaway
- Steve Francis or Reggie Miller
I’ll give you the answers after this video of Scottie Pippen almost killing Bill Laimbeer. I love how at the 43 second mark Michael Jordan and Scottie are talking with the ref about why he gave Scottie a technical foul. Remember, back in the day you could pretty much give a flying elbow off the top rope ala Randy Macho Man Savage to someone on the other team and it was still just a personal foul.
- Shawn Kemp $91.5 million or Ben Wallace $87.7 million
- Gilbert Arenas $119.9 or Juwan Howard $151.4
- Chris Webber $178.2 or Rasheed Wallace $158.0
- Jalen Rose $102.4 or Damon Stoudamire $99.6
- Jerry Stackhouse $84.4 or Nick Van Exel $74.4
- Antoine Walker $108.1 or Latrell Sprewell $97.0
- Kurt Thomas $63.5 or Darius Miles $61.9
- John Starks $25.0 or Will Purdue $22.3
- Muggsy Bogues $18.4 or Avery Johnson $36.4
- Erick Dampier $97.9 or Jason Richardson $92.4
- Rik Smits $43.7 or Charles Barkley $40.3 (Sir Charles only made $437k his first year)
- Sebastian Telfair $18.1 or Steve Kerr $15.7
- Ray Allen $178.9 or Dwayne Wade $102.5
- Kobe Bryant $249.2 or Shaquille O’Neal $292.1
- Chauncey Billups $104.7 or Steve Nash $127.7
- Vince Carter $158.4 or Antawan Jamison $141.0 (they were traded for each other on draft day)
- Larry Hughes $84.8 or Ricky Davis $42.8 (after seeing this comparison on which player you’d rather have shooting the ball this makes zero sense)
- Grant Hill $142.7 or Tracy McGrady $162.9
- Horace Grant $67.9 or Kelvin Cato $44.5
- Elton Brand $145.2 or Scottie Pippen $109.1
- Bobby Hurley $16.9 or Cherokee Parks $11.1
- Christian Laettner $61.4 or Jamal Mashburn $75.6
- Kwame Brown $60.0 or Eddy Curry $70.0
- Baron Davis $132.8 or Penny Hardaway $120.4
- Steve Francis $103.5 or Reggie Miller $101.3
How does this make you feel knowing how much some of these players made relative to their performance on the court? Which one do you think is the most egregious Holla at us in the comments.
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