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Pelicans have the NBA's 3rd highest paid backcourt

Posted on 1/26/14 at 1:17 pm
Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
10189 posts
Posted on 1/26/14 at 1:17 pm
I was looking through NBA salaries, did the math and realized how highly paid the Pelicans back court is..

Gordon- 14.3M
Holiday- 11M
Evans- 11.8M
Morrow- 1M
Rivers- 2.3M
Roberts- .8M
Total= 41.2M

The Lakers and Brooklyn are around 50M each. Kobe and Nash make close to 40M as a combination. So do D. Williams and J. Johnson (although Johnson plays some SF). The Pelicans are next in line and, barring trades, will have the same back court next year (except Morrow). So what is the ceiling for this group?

If you rank the top back courts in the league, I'm not sure this group cracks the top 10 or even 15. It's also not very flexible, since none of the players can play SF (maybe Evans in a pinch). It's not a stretch to call it a disappointment thus far..
Posted by Fearthehat0307
Dallas, TX
Member since Dec 2007
65256 posts
Posted on 1/26/14 at 1:20 pm to
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Pelicans have the NBA's 3rd highest paid backcourt
so you woke up this morning and decided today I will make pelicans fans sad
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19453 posts
Posted on 1/26/14 at 1:20 pm to
yay
Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
10189 posts
Posted on 1/26/14 at 1:24 pm to
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so you woke up this morning and decided today I will make pelicans fans sad



Welcome to my world. But no, I knew it was up there, but I didn't realize just how high it was. I actually thought it might be the highest paid one for awhile (I didn't know how to classify Johnson for Brooklyn at first). So it's not the worst news..
Posted by floridatigah
FL
Member since Oct 2004
10396 posts
Posted on 1/26/14 at 1:26 pm to
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none of the players can play SF (maybe Evans in a pinch).


LINK

Posted by Colonel Flagg
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2010
23183 posts
Posted on 1/26/14 at 1:28 pm to
Monty likes to play many three guard sets.
Posted by lsusportsman2
Member since Oct 2007
27232 posts
Posted on 1/26/14 at 1:49 pm to
Hooray! Can we get a 3rd place trophy for this?
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