Gordon Hayward - Boston Celtics

Those two combined haven't made half of what Hayward has and will. It's in large part because of how much the salary cap has went up though.

West - $91 million

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/david-west-2613/cash-earnings/

Hayward - $300+ million by the time his hornets contract is over

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/charlotte-hornets/gordon-hayward-6891/cash-earnings/

He also has an endorsement deal with Chinese brand Anta Sports Products and HyperX E-Sports

 

Pretty confident he has in fact made more than every Xavier player combined. Maybe double.

 

Myles Morrissey has to push the boundary a little bit, right?


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Numbers are from basketball-reference.com:

Hayward: $150.9M

Brian Grant: $109.8M
David West: $92.1M
James Posey: $57M
Tyrone Hill: $51M
Aaron Williams: $23.6M

All had 10+ year careers and were active within the last 20 years, and this is a non-exhaustive list

 

Have to admit I’m shocked brian grant made nearly that much. Wouldn’t have guessed that. What in the world.

To be fair: it’s more relevant to consider what Hayward will have made at the end of his career, which will be a minimum of 280M plus the 40 from the shoe deal. And that’s if he never plays a day over age 34.

So, 320 vs about 330 in that list. Again, I’m frickin shocked about grant. Bleacher has a piece where they labeled him the most overpaid role player in nba history. But hey, good for him, he got the cash.

 

I get where you were going although the numbers are Hayward at $310 (including his sponsorship money) through this new contract and the four Xavier players I listed at $335 (not including their sponsorship money and I know West at least had some), which is a far cry from doubling every Xavier player's earnings. And there are other Xavier players who could be included.

I remember Grant getting signed to the Heat for what seemed like a ridiculous amount at the time, though to be fair none of these guys were playing during this period where the revenue sharing sent the cap soaring.

 

Yeah, I just had no idea grant made anything in the ballpark of that money. Like, I’d have guessed 20 million lol. So yeah, it’s not close.


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Well if we are throwing in Aaron Williams lets add Shelvin's tally, must have been close to $20 million.

 

That's changing the comparison. It wasn't Butler NBA players vs. Xavier NBA players. It was Hayward vs. ALL NBA players from Xavier, which was just an on-its-face silly claim.

Shelvin didn't play 10 years. I only added in recent Xavier players with 10+ year careers. If you want to do a Butler v. Xavier comparison you add in his $17.8M and Kelan Martin's $500K to the Butler ledger for a total of $18.3M. Then you add to the following to the Xavier ledger: Derek Strong ($20.3M), Jordan Crawford ($6M), Edmond Sumner ($2.5M), Derrick Brown ($2M), Michael Hawkins ($1.2M), Lionel Chalmers ($1.1M), Semaj Christon ($500K), Myles Morrissey ($200K). That's a total of $33.8M. It's still not coming out in our favor. We need to get more guys into the league!

 

Well ****, I stand corrected and shocked. Given what the cap was in Brian Grant's days, that's a lot of money.

 

That is true - and it may be coming soon. Anyway, an amusing time killing sidebar thread - - still 56 hours till tipoff...

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...r-during-preseason-game-listed-as-day-to-day/

Gordon breaks another bone, I wonder if there is some osteoporosis there.

 

https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/12/2...es-28-hornets-hand-nets-first-loss-of-season/

 

Hayward's career-high 44 lead Hornets power Hawks, 102-94

 

Looks like the move to Charlotte is paying off for both the franchise and for Gordon. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20210108_CHA@NO/

 

While the current dawgs may be in disarray, Gordon's numbers just keep getting better (gotta find some good news). https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...n-and-is-showing-exactly-why-they-signed-him/

 

That’s dope!


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