Calculating modern-day rookie salaries for yesterday’s superstars

I got here throughout this examine, which I discovered attention-grabbing.

The idea in contrast rookie salaries of gamers earlier than 2014 — a way earlier than — to find out how their rookie wage interprets in immediately’s market, or because the surveyor put it,

“What if the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and LeBron James had been being drafted in 2024, what might they be incomes as newcomers in current day?”

Their methodology- This dataset comprises 2 rankings, one for the highest 3 draft decide gamers since 1979, and one for NBA stars from the 80s, 90s & 00s, based mostly on their debut season salaries. To do that, we collected the debut salaries for all gamers. Then, for the NBA stars rating, we transformed the salaries right into a modern-day determine utilizing the proportion change of the typical salaries for the highest 3 draft picks, per yr. The gamers had been then ranked from highest to lowest, based mostly on their salaries.

By analyzing the rookie salaries, the VegasInsider examine revealed inflation causes the next:

Hakeem Olajuwon, a two-time NBA champion with the Houston Rockets, can be the highest-earning rookie in modern-day with a $15,290,561 debut wage. Olajuwon would have earned 1,860% extra from his first contract in 1984 if he was coming by means of the draft immediately.

New York Knicks legend Patrick Ewing was a detailed second along with his $1,250,000 rookie wage calculated as $15,075,427 if he was drafted in 2024.
Making up the highest three is arguably probably the most dominant gamers the sport has ever seen with Shaquille O’Neal estimated to earn $13,565,472 from his first contract.
Yao Ming and Kyrie Irving made up the highest 5 with each gamers estimated to earn over $12.5 million from their first-year contracts.

Our personal San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan can be predicted to earn over $12,500,000, only a smidge under Ming and Irving placing him within the sixth spot, if he was drafted in 2024.

Michael Jordan ranks twelfth, though his unique $550,000 turns into $10,781,806 if he had certainly been drafted this season.

See a full breakdown of the examine HERE.

Welcome to the Thread. Be a part of within the dialog, begin your individual dialogue, and share your ideas. That is the Spurs group, your Spurs group. Thanks for being right here.

Our group pointers apply which ought to remind everybody to be cool, keep away from private assaults, to not troll and to observe the language.