CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence

In the previous post, we looked at thirteen NHL players who are receiving the league’s average salary – a round and about $1.9 million.

By and large, they were good players with some shortcomings.

I wanted to do the same with the NBA, and was conducting some research, when I came across a www.nba.com article, on MR. AVERAGE:

James Jones is the average NBA size, age, etc., so I thought that I would take a look at his salary – and coincidentally, he is making the NBA’s average of $4 million (courtesy of hoopshype.com).

He now plays for the Miami Heat.

I also had a quick look at his stats (courtesy of nba.com):

Finally, I reviewed the circumstances of his $4 million contract, and found out that he had been making $3.1 million, but was able to opt out in a year, when there were few good offensive players available as free agents (courtesy of the Oregonian).

2008 was a great year to be a free agent shooter. Interested teams had very little to choose from.

I have researched another ten players at his salary level, and will profile them in a later post.