e, got paid about $35 million a year not counting endorsements. Lets put that in easier terms: - $439,000 a game - $12,500 a minute played, assuming he plays about 35 minutes per game - $209 a second played - almost $40,000 a jumpshot, assuming he makes 11 jumpshots per game That is a ton of money when one looks at it this way. If one includes the endorsements he gets, which are from Nike, Gatorade, Hanes, Ballpark hot dogs, Jordan shoes and clothing, Rayovac Batteries, and Michael Jordan cologne, he makes about one million dollars per game. Now this is a little too much, even if it is, in fact, Michael Jordan, probably the best basketball player to play the game. Jordan said that he would not play for any other team except the Bulls. Its not only he wouldnt, but he could not, unless he was willing to take a pay cut. This was because the NBA salary cap was about $27 million. He was already getting $36 million with the Bulls a few years ago. The Bulls could have paid him as much as they want because the cap doesnt apply to teams re-signing their own players. Can a seven foot, small forward named Kevin Garnett, who was drafted right out of high school, be able to take the Timberwolves to a title in a few years? If so, he may be as valuable to them as Michael Jordan is to the Bulls. ...
