Wow, salaries of the 97-98 Chicago Bulls

[CantStopMe]

Crazy Jordan Groupie: WTF? Only 33 mill. If Krause wasn't so selfish, he would have made the rosters into 8 players and give the remaining salary of the 4 cut players to MJ. Yet Laker fans complain about Mitch Kupchak and Jerry Buss.

[VanillaThunder]

Pippen made more from the NBA than Jordan did
1984-85 Chicago Bulls NBA $550,000
1985-86 Chicago Bulls NBA $630,000
1986-87 Chicago Bulls NBA *$737,500
1987-88 Chicago Bulls NBA $845,000
1988-89 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,000,000
1989-90 Chicago Bulls NBA *$2,250,000
1990-91 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,500,000
1991-92 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,250,000
1992-93 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000
1993-94 Chicago Bulls NBA $4,000,000
1994-95 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000
1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,850,000
1996-97 Chicago Bulls NBA $30,140,000
1997-98 Chicago Bulls NBA $33,140,000
2001-02 Washington Wizards NBA $1,000,000
2002-03 Washington Wizards NBA $1,030,000
Career (may be incomplete) $93,772,500



although Jordans endorsements were huge in comparison

[Anti404]

It's insane how Pippen and Jordan FOR THEIR CAREERS made less than one of Arena's inflated contracts.

[DuMa]

you cant compare salaries from one decade to another. inflation plays a huge part in that. a long with the CBA

[Haphazardly]

Pip shouldve made more but everyone else just about right. They did win 6 titles and last time i checked MJ was 6time Finals MVP.

Rodman deserved 10 mil a year. Don't care what anyone says.

[ruslan]

even more stagaring is the fact that toni kukoc and ron harper made 4mil + while scottie made only 2mil+.....wtf is up with that?

[CelticForce1349]

Jordan made a ton of money that year but that was payback for years of being underpaid while building that team into an NBA empire. Scottie should have been paid so much more for everything he brought to the team though.

[baseketball4life]

LOL@ Scottie's salary

[bjtrdff]

Even at 30+mil, Jordan was underpaid for what he brought to the bulls and to the league.

[stewen12]

Now i kno why Pippen is still tryin to play. He didnt get paid!

[trig]

Maybe bec pip signed a very long contract at the wrong time. Didnt Jim Mcilvaine had a higher salary than shawn kemp at one point?

[shaoyut]

I can't believe pippen only made 2.7mill

[VanillaThunder]

if I remember right, pippen signed a large frontloaded contract with the bulls and wasnt happy towards the end (possibly rightfully so) but he signed it nonetheless.

[mlh1981]

A true testament to the coaching abilities of one Phil Jackson, who had to lead a roster that consisted of several guys who were severly underpaid for a majority of their careers. 9/10 coaches couldn't handle that sort of turmoil, and who knows what went on behind closed doors, but Phil got them to focus on the on-the-court stuff.

Obviously, Jordan deserved every penny of that salary in which he collected in 1997-98, but I'm sure that there was some jealousy, given that he made FAR more money than anyone else. Sure, they were thankful for what he brought to the table on a nightly basis, but there also existed a large intimidation factor, I'm sure, due to this wide gulf in salaries.

[haterofhaters]

LOL look at his other years #s.He was getting like 3 mill a year.In todays nba Mj salary is for scrubs or low key role players.It doesn't really matter because Mj got so much endorsments he could live off that.

#1, check post 5 where I clearly said the same thing you just said right here.

#2, you completely missed the point. there are heart surgeons that make like 500k to 1 mill for a year. There job is infinitely more important than being a basketball player. So to say that any athlete deserves 33 million in one season is ridiculous.