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Don't weep for the NBA players
It’s become an article of faith following the end of the 149-day NBA lockout to give David Stern yet another notch in his negotiation belt. The owners got this. The players gave that. Stern beat the beleaguered and overmatched Billy Hunter like a drum.
But to offer a contrarian viewpoint, it sure looks to me after reading almost a week’s full of stories breathlessly anticipating the next moves of those three Springfield-bound centers – Tyson Chandler, Nenê and Samuel Dalembert – that the players did just fine. Just wait and see what teams shell out for the salaries for those three guys – none of whom has so much as graced the floor of an All-Star Game – and you can go to Vegas and book another lockout for 2017.
And they’re not the only ones who are going to benefit. All the players will. Every single one of them. Even Kwame Brown, another Springfield-bound free agent big man.
In my view, the owners really lost this one when they d
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NBA salaries: The highest-paid players from each major basketball city
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1. LeBron James: $482,593,428
2. Stephen Curry: $357,844,681
3. Larry Nance Jr: $61,282,052
4. Jerome Lane: $1,365,000
5. Chris Livingston: $1,119,563
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1. Dwight Howard: $245,838,349
2. Derrick Favors: $131,217,769
3. Malcolm Brogdon: $111,232,562
4. Al-Farouq Aminu: $72,262,285
5. Kenny Thomas: $54,613,164
1. Will Barton: $81,869,184
2. Sam Cassell: $58,419,775
3. Reggie Bullock: $52,817,092
4. Muggsy Bogues: $17,828,400
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1. Tyrus Thomas: $55,331,772
2. Garrett Temple: $50,717,393
3. Brandon Bass: $39,661,509
4. Marcus Thornton: $35,467,422
5. Glen Davis: $34,716,665
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1. Bogdan Bogdanovic: $99,700,000
2. Marko Jaric: $43,650,000
3. Nemanja Bjelica: $34,264,448
4. Aleksej Pokusevski: $14,914,289
5. Dragan Tarlac: $2,500,000
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On this day: Marcus Smart, Marcus Banks, Darren Tillis, Carlos Clark debut; Fournier born
On this day in Boston Celtics history, veteran guard Marcus Smart made his debut for the team in a 121 - 105 win for the team. It came fittingly against the Brooklyn Nets, with whose pick the Celtics had used to draft the Flower Mound, Texas native out of Oklahoma State in the draft held earlier that summer.
The former Cowboy played just under 28 minutes in the win -- a considerable stretch for a rookie at any point, never mind a debut performance. The Texan scored 10 points on 7-of-3 shooting, including going 1-for-4 from beyond the arc in a foreshadowing of his first few seasons with the team, and pulled down 2 rebounds, and as many assists.
Smart also nabbed an impressive 4 steals that foreshadowed his future with the team as a defensive specialist.
Today is also the anniversary of Arthur LeMarcus Banks III's first game with the Celtics as well. Better known as Marcus Banks, the former