The gap is too big. Curry has an annual salary of 1 person, and can pay 72 CBA maximum-paid players for the whole year

As the new season approaches, an NBA player salary ranking recently released by the American media Hoopsrumors once again allowed basketball fans around the world to feel the amazing "money ability" of the top professional sports leagues. In this list, all the top 50 players in the new season have annual salary exceeding $32.5 million. Among them, Curry of the Golden State Warriors ranked first with $59.6 million, Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers tied for second with $55.22 million, and Antetokounmpo, Butler, Tatum and other superstars also followed closely with annual salaries of more than $54 million. Leonard ranked 14th with $50 million, while James ranked 12th with $52.627,153. This series of shocking numbers is not only a reflection of the players' personal value, but also a microcosm of the great success of the NBA's commercialization. (Information source: @Hoopsrumors)

The huge wealth effect revealed by this list has also triggered another round of heated discussions among domestic fans comparing the NBA with the CBA. Among them, the most eye-catching set of comparison data is: Curry, who ranks first, has an annual salary of up to 430 million yuan, which is enough to pay the entire year of salary of 72 CBA maximum-paid players. You should know that the pre-tax maximum salary standard for the new season of the CBA League is RMB 6 million per year, and in the entire league, there are only 28 players who get this maximum salary contract in the entire league. The annual salary of an NBA player is enough to support two and a half-person CBA teams composed of all top-paid players. Such a huge income gap clearly reflects that there is still a world of difference in commercial value and market development of the two leagues.

Reviewing the history of NBA's salary development, we can better appreciate the explosive growth of its business value in the past decade. In the 2012-2014 season, Kobe, the league's flagship figure, had an annual salary of about $30.45 million, which was the highest level in the league at that time. Just ten years later, this number can no longer even rank among the top 45 in the league's salary list. Although this leap-forward growth has made some old fans sigh that the current league style is "soft", it has to be admitted that the current league president Adam Xiaohua has indeed achieved great success in commercial development. His operations also provide a sample worth learning and reference for the CBA League, which is at the intersection of reform.

The list naturally has become an excellent material for fans to comment on penalty stars and express their opinions. Some fans joked about Leonard, who was in a contract dispute with the Clippers, saying that he "never competed for the first place clearly." For Curry, who is at the top of the list, the outside world generally believes that his career is perfect. He holds multiple championship rings and enjoys the highest salary in the league. He can be said to be a double winner of honor and income.