Although it may surprise many, the Los Angeles Lakers are not the team with the highest payroll in the NBA. They are quite far from it. The team led by Darvin Ham is the tenth team that spends the most money on salaries in the league.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis are the ones who take the lion’s share of the $170 million expense for the entire roster. The team’s “All Star” players represent 51% of the club’s salary expenses. The rest of the players retain a much lower financial profile.
Separating the expenses by position we can see that the Lakers will spend $33.3 million on point guards, 18% of the payroll. In this section we see D’Angelo Russell, who will earn $17.3 million, followed by Gabe Vincent with $10.5 million, Jalen Hood-Schifino $3.6 million and Scotty Pippen Jr. with $1.8 million.
In position two is where the Lakers will invest the least this season with 14.8 million dollars. 12 of them go straight to Austin Reaves, with Max Christie taking $1.7 million and Damion Baugh taking $1.1 million. Los Angeles invests 8% of its payroll in the shooting guard position.
Today in the NBA the small forward and power forward positions are very similar. In fact, there aren’t too many players who can be classified as only playing one of these two positions. For this reason we are going to combine the expenses of positions three and four in the same account.
These positions represent 49% of the Lakers’ payroll. Who earns the most as expected is LeBron James with 47.6 million dollars this year, followed by Rui Hachimura with $15.7 million, then Jarred Vanderbilt with $4.6 million, Taurean Prince ($4.5 million), Cam Reddish ($2.1 million) and finally Maxwell Lewis with $1.1 million.
To finalize the analysis by position, there is center, which for 2023-24 will have three players: Anthony Davis who will receive 40.6 million dollars, followed by Christian Wood with $2.7 million and in third place Jaxson Hayes with $2.1 million. Dollars. The Lakers’ centers represent 25% of the team’s spending.
In short, Californians spend their money like this: 18% on point guards, 8% on shooting guards, 49% on forwards and 25% on centers.
2023-09-21 14:47:28
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