Talk:List of highest-paid NBA players by season

The only grammatical error I thought I saw was that in the second paragraph the fifth and sixth sentences should maybe be combined. Your article has enough wikilinks and is well organized. You have enough sources and covered a broad range of the topic. I liked that you explained contracts before listing all of the salaries. Keep gathering information and you will have a Good Article. Jeffreywessel22 (talk) 22:46, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Few grammar errors but nothing major. Article is well written, neutral, and does not violate any copyright information. Good use of sources and data collection. Only suggestion is fix minor grammar errors and add more inline citations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jg04437 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 17 May 2016
In this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest-paid_NBA_players_by_season under the 2015-2016 season it has Joe Johnson listed in 2nd place, when in fact it should be LeBron James. Source: http://espn.go.com/nba/salaries

Okburkard (talk) 05:00, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Okburkard thanks for noticing that error, I'm sure I checking that list when it was added - I assume that it was subsequently changed. All fixed now - Thanks again KylieTastic (talk) 21:30, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 August 2016
Your attempt at listing the top 10 highest players is totally bogus. You do NOT account for tied salaries. If 2 or 3 players earn the exact same amount, they are considered ties in a listing by NUMERICAL order. You just list the top 10 NAMES for each year. Nothing supports your title of top 10 highest paid players listed by SALARY. If you look at the citation(s) that you list (http://espn.go.com/nba/salaries/_/year/2004) it is plain to see. Lazy. Just plain laziness that leads to an inaccurate and bogus series of listings.

For instance: You list the top 10 of 2004-05 as beginning with Shaquille O'Neil and ending with Michael Finley. That is total FALSE. You listed the top 10 NAMES....NOT the TOP TEN SALARIES, which delineates HIGHEST PAID.

The listing should read as follows: 1	Shaquille O'Neal, C	Miami Heat	$29,464,000 2	Dikembe Mutombo, C	Houston Rockets	$19,684,000 3 tie	Allan Houston, SG	New York Knicks	$17,531,000 3 tie  Chris Webber, C	Sacramento Kings	$17,351,000 4	Damon Stoudamire, PG	Portland Trail Blazers	$15,750,000 5 tie	Ray Allen, SG	Seattle SuperSonics	$14,625,000 5 tie	Vin Baker, PF	New York Knicks	$14,625,000 5 tie	Antoine Walker, PF	Boston Celtics	$14,625,000 5 tie	Stephon Marbury, PG	New York Knicks	$14,625,000 6	Michael Finley, SG	Dallas Mavericks	$14,609,000 7 tie	Tracy McGrady, SG	Houston Rockets	$14,487,000 7 tie	Grant Hill, SF	Orlando Magic	$14,487,000 8	Eddie Jones, SG	Miami Heat	$13,440,000 9	Brian Grant, PF	Los Angeles Lakers	$13,346,000 10	Vince Carter, SG	Toronto Raptors	$13,281,000

This is a true representation of the "Highest paid players" Not the lazy cut-and-paste that you follow. This cheapens this entire false listing. You leave out FIVE players that EARNED a TOP TEN SALARY. When a ranking is based on SALARY AMOUNTS THAT should be the guide to the rankings, NOT the alphabetical NAME rankings disregarding the ACTUAL RANKING OF SALARIES. The key word of focus is PAID, which equates to EARNINGS.

The premise behind your listing as accorded to the title is totally INACCURATE. These type of lazy errors is why Wikipedia is lacking in accurate substance and why I have stopped contributing financial support

68.107.186.96 (talk) 19:43, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe read the title "Highest-paid NBA players by season" not "all the players that earned the top 10 salaries" - yes statistics can be presented in many ways - its not inaccurate its just a different list to your personal desire, but as all the links are there you can go look at the sources if you wish to see a list of the "Top 10 NBA salaries by season". KylieTastic (talk) 19:58, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 2 October 2017
Change Russell Westbrook to the highest paid player for 2017-2018 instead of Stephen Curry. He just signed a contract extension that gives him $38.8 million per season. SothaChill (talk) 00:36, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
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The richest NBA contact all the time
Two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic has agreed to a five-year, $264 million supermax contract extension with the Denver Nuggets, the richest deal in NBA history, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Fifth season (2027-28) will be a player option at $60M. 2001:1308:28EC:D00:3054:B08F:5977:511B (talk) 11:02, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Inflation adjusted
Someone should try to make an inflation adjusted version, would be fun. 2600:100D:B003:A8B4:2894:FE9B:7444:89D9 (talk) 07:00, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Rename idea
Why not call this List of highest-paid NBA players, similar to List of highest-paid Major League Baseball players? - BeFriendlyGoodSir (talk) 00:48, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Career earnings
Is the second chart supposed to be showing active players versus overall in this section? It's not making much sense to me. Arkon (talk) 01:58, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 July 2024
2018 - 1998 is 20 years, not 30. Michael Jordan’s record only lasted 20 years till Curry broke it. 184.153.189.183 (talk) 02:10, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Jamedeus (talk) 05:59, 8 July 2024 (UTC)