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97-98 Jordan Was Absurd!
« on: April 15, 2023, 08:16:31 PM »

Offline Ed Monix

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Specifically his salary!

Michael Jordan in 1997-98 was paid 33.1 million.

NBA salary cap in 1997-98 was only 29.9 million.

Thanks to a loophole, Jordan was being paid 123.2% of the salary cap.

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Roughly factoring in inflation, TODAY, Jordan’s 97-98 salary would be valued at 61.1 million.

Finally, using the same factors & percentages, if Jordan was in the NBA today, he would be making an astronomical…193.4 million for the 2022-23 season.
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Re: 97-98 Jordan Was Absurd!
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2023, 08:22:04 PM »

Offline Roy H.

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Jordan would easily be worth $60+ million.

He’d probably be worth the $194 million.
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Re: 97-98 Jordan Was Absurd!
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2023, 07:19:40 AM »

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Yesh the individual max has always diminished the true value of the very best players every year.
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