After the NBA All-Star Game is over, the next step is to enter the sprint stage, which should impact the All-Star team, and the team that wants to impact the signing. Now that the free market has closed, the salaries of the teams have been basically confirmed. This season, 10 teams need to pay luxury taxes, a total of 30 teams, and 10 teams pay luxury taxes, which shows how crazy the salaries of NBA teams are now. In first place is the Warriors, who have taken into account the luxury tax and spent $340 million in a single season, becoming the first in the league, but for the time being, the lowest value for money is actually the Lakers.
In the latest luxury tax rankings, the Warriors need to pay $170.3 million in luxury taxes, and $175.9 million in compensation, so that the Warriors have to pay $340 million this season, the league's crown, luxury taxes and compensation are the first in the league. But the Warriors are now no. 2 in the league, Wiseman has yet to return, and they have a chance to win the championship. So the money is worth it, right? If you win the championship, I believe that the Warriors boss can earn it back. But if the Warriors are out early, it will be embarrassing. The Warriors have always been willing to pay luxury taxes, and before they missed the playoffs, they also had to pay hundreds of millions of luxury taxes.
In second place is the Nets, who have a luxury tax of $110 million and a compensation of $171.9 million, which does not include the newly recruited Dragic, who would be even more insane if the salary was higher. And the Nets are now in eighth place in the East, and to be honest, spending so much, only getting such a ranking is obviously a failure. The Nets' contract is not cost-effective, Durant has been injured for a long time, Irving can only play on the road, Simmons can not play, and Harris is also injured, the top 4 players in the salary list, there are all kinds of problems, this record can be good to be strange.
Next the Clippers came in third, they had to pay a $93.9 million luxury tax, Leonard and Jr. were injured, and the same price-performance ratio was not high. The Lakers and Clippers have become difficult brothers, and they have to pay $46.27 million in luxury taxes, ranking fourth. Speaking of which, in fact, the Lakers have the lowest price performance. The Lakers have a total salary of $156 million and a luxury tax of $46.27 million. But the Lakers' record is ninth in the West, and even the top eight can't get in. And now that Davis is injured, their playoffs are harder. Westbrook can't play, Davis is injured again, Tucker has an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars, and he can't play, and there is a Nunn with $5 million.
While the Lakers aren't the highest pay and luxury taxes, their chances of making the playoffs aren't great compared to other teams. Davis's injury has made the Lakers' playoffs more urgent. Therefore, their cost performance is not high, and such a luxury tax is not worth it! Either like the Warriors Nets, pay more, form a luxurious lineup, or save money and don't pay, now not up, too embarrassing.
The Bucks have to pay $41.52 million in luxury taxes, $33.44 million for the Jazz, $9.83 million for the 76ers, $9.81 million for the Celtics, $4.51 million for the Blazers, and $1.58 million for the Raptors. This is all the teams that need to pay the luxury tax, and it can be seen that most of them are championship-winning teams, and it is really difficult not to pay the luxury tax if they want to win the championship. However, there are exceptions, careful fans should find that this list has no sun, they hold the league's first record, but do not have to pay luxury taxes, their salary is 128.4 million US dollars, only ranked 18th in the league, the cost performance is too high.