NBA Contracts

The exorbitant salaries that NBA stars seem to make soon fade once taxes and fees are applied. One of the more curious ones is the NBA’s escrow tax. We didn’t …

We recently came across this 2010 paper by Tim Zimmer who was an adjunct professor of economics at Butler University. It was titled “Implications of State Income Tax Policy on …

There’s a certain fascination with seeing how much our sporting heroes get paid. Most of the time it’s an obscene amount of money, but given how much joy they can …

Whenever draft season rolls around, it’s understandable for NBA fans to wonder whether low first and second round picks really hold any value for their team. After all, spending all …

Kawhi Leonard was the 2013-2014 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. In what was just his third year in the NBA Leonard earned a salary of $1.9 million. This made him …

The NBA is governed by a Salary Cap. Unlike the NFL, which operates a ‘Hard Cap’ which teams cannot exceed, the NBA runs a Soft Cap. Within the rules teams …

There have been many NBA superstars throughout the history of the league. The names roll off the tongue. Yesteryear, Michael Jordan – Chicago Bulls, Magic Johnson – Los Angeles Lakers, …

There is a difference between being a basketball player and being an NBA basketball player, and it basically comes down to the fact that playing in the NBA is a …

The NBA is recognized as being one of the best-paying professional sports league, due to the relatively small number of players contracted in the league as well as the league’s …

$200 million is a whole lot of money. A couple of decades ago, an NBA team could not possibly imagine even having that much as revenue for the whole year, …