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I was among the first to fault the Colangelos for maxing out Marion prematurely. But I think some of us are getting carried away about just how bad his contract is. I used hoopshype to make a list of the 42 players in the league who were paid at least $10 million this season -- Marion just made the cut. And while I'd imagine that most of us would not consider Marion to be in the league's top 42 players, there are a lot of players who were even more overpaid this year.
True, Marion's contract goes on forever, while most of the other bloated deals in the league are drawing near to their merciful conclusions. But even so, I think we can consider ourselves relatively fortunate if Marion's deal is the worst one the Suns have.
Don't know whether that's any consolation!
In the list, the numbers are millions of dollars paid in 2003-04, and an asterisk indicates a contract expiring this summer.
Kevin Garnett 29.0
Shaquille O’Neal 26.2
Dikembe Mutombo 17.1
Rasheed Wallace 17.0*
Allan Houston 15.9
Shawn Kemp 14.9*
Chris Webber 14.5
Damon Stoudamire 14.4
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 13.5
Ray Allen 13.5
Kobe Bryant 13.5
Penny Hardaway 13.5
Allen Iverson 13.5
Stephon Marbury 13.5
Antonio McDyess 13.5*
Latrell Sprewell 13.5
Antoine Walker 13.5
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 13.4
Michael Finley 13.3
Grant Hill 13.3
Tracy McGrady 13.3
Jalen Rose 13.3
Keith Van Horn 13.3
Jason Kidd 13.1
Jermaine O’Neal 13.1
Tim Duncan 12.5
Eddie Jones 12.3
Brian Grant 12.2
Vlade Divac 12.1*
Antonio Davis 12.0
Tim Thomas 11.8
Tom Gugliotta 11.7*
Vince Carter 11.3
Antawn Jamison 11.3
Dirk Nowitzki 11.3
Paul Pierce 11.3
Elton Brand 11.0
Nick Van Exel 10.9
Glenn Robinson 10.3
Theo Ratliff 10.2
Baron Davis 10.1
Shawn Marion 10.1
Incidentally, if anyone's looking for Steve Francis, he made $9.93 million this year.
True, Marion's contract goes on forever, while most of the other bloated deals in the league are drawing near to their merciful conclusions. But even so, I think we can consider ourselves relatively fortunate if Marion's deal is the worst one the Suns have.
Don't know whether that's any consolation!
In the list, the numbers are millions of dollars paid in 2003-04, and an asterisk indicates a contract expiring this summer.
Kevin Garnett 29.0
Shaquille O’Neal 26.2
Dikembe Mutombo 17.1
Rasheed Wallace 17.0*
Allan Houston 15.9
Shawn Kemp 14.9*
Chris Webber 14.5
Damon Stoudamire 14.4
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 13.5
Ray Allen 13.5
Kobe Bryant 13.5
Penny Hardaway 13.5
Allen Iverson 13.5
Stephon Marbury 13.5
Antonio McDyess 13.5*
Latrell Sprewell 13.5
Antoine Walker 13.5
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 13.4
Michael Finley 13.3
Grant Hill 13.3
Tracy McGrady 13.3
Jalen Rose 13.3
Keith Van Horn 13.3
Jason Kidd 13.1
Jermaine O’Neal 13.1
Tim Duncan 12.5
Eddie Jones 12.3
Brian Grant 12.2
Vlade Divac 12.1*
Antonio Davis 12.0
Tim Thomas 11.8
Tom Gugliotta 11.7*
Vince Carter 11.3
Antawn Jamison 11.3
Dirk Nowitzki 11.3
Paul Pierce 11.3
Elton Brand 11.0
Nick Van Exel 10.9
Glenn Robinson 10.3
Theo Ratliff 10.2
Baron Davis 10.1
Shawn Marion 10.1
Incidentally, if anyone's looking for Steve Francis, he made $9.93 million this year.
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