Can You Name The Five NBA Players Whose 2019-20 Salaries Are More Than LeBron James?

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00:00 I'm Melissa Roland with Sports Illustrated and we're here with Jill Painter-Lopez.

00:06 Now Jill, I understand LeBron James is not among the top five highest paid players in

00:11 the NBA.

00:12 Who in the world is above him?

00:15 Well Melissa, if you look at number one, it's Steph Curry at 40 million a year and we're

00:19 talking the 2019-2020 salaries.

00:22 And then it goes CP3 and a few others that are ahead of him, you might be surprised about

00:27 John Wall.

00:28 Now you look at John Wall and he really hasn't figured into the NBA that much the last few

00:33 years with Washington because of injuries.

00:37 He has not played this year because of that Achilles surgery, so the time off for him

00:40 is certainly a good thing.

00:42 But the previous two years he played only 73 games combined, so you kind of feel like

00:46 John Wall is out of the conversation a little bit.

00:48 But James Harden of course and Russell Westbrook above on that list.

00:52 I would have thought Kevin Durant as well, but he falls in at number seven.

00:56 So when you look at LeBron James and his MVP caliber season, you think one of the top highest

01:02 paid players and of course he is, but he comes in at number six on that list, which I think

01:06 is a bit of a surprise.

01:08 That's very surprising.

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