I don't know if you remember?
Not long ago, big picture wrote the story of Embiid helping pelicans two-way player Alvarado pay a fine. Here's the thing.
NBA reporter Andrew Lopez reported that Pelicans guard Alvarado said Embiid had contacted him to pay him the fine for the last game's technician.
The two got into a verbal altercation during the match, and the referee gave both sides a technical foul.
Technicians are a sprinkler for a top-paid player like Embiid, but a big deal for a two-way player like Alvarado.
In the NBA (not only on the active roster of NBA games, but also on the days when he trains and travels with the team), the NBA salary of a two-way player is calculated according to the minimum wage of the rookie, and is paid on a daily basis. When not in the NBA, players receive a two-way paycheck on a pro-rata basis every day. This year's two-way salary is $84,414.
The money still has to be paid in taxes, so the basic fine for a technical offense ($2,000, 1st-5th) is a lot for Alvarado.
Last time I had Embiid help pay, I didn't need it next.
The Pelicans signed 6.5 million in 4 years to draw The Lost Draft For Alvarado. Over the next two years, Alvarado had a guaranteed salary of $3.4 million, including $1.5 million this season.
He has already made $800,000 this season and would have gotten a total of $7.3 million if he finished the contract.
Congratulations to Alvarado. You can pay the fine yourself later