Inflation - Jordan's 96-97 salary of 33m would be 49m today

[scuzzy]

Craziest team salaries of all time?

1997-98 Chicago Bulls Salaries

1 Michael Jordan $33,140,000
2 Toni Kukoc $4,560,000
3 Ron Harper $4,560,000
4 Dennis Rodman $4,500,000
5 Luc Longley $3,184,900
6 Scottie Pippen $2,775,000
7 Bill Wennington $1,800,000
8 Scott Burrell $1,430,000
9 Randy Brown $1,260,000
10 Dickey Simpkins $1,235,000
11 Robert Parish $1,150,000
12 Jason Caffey $850,920
13 Steve Kerr $750,000
14 David Vaughn $693,840
15 Keith Booth $597,600
16 Jud Buechler $500,000
17 Joe Kleine $272,250
18 Rusty LaRue *$242,00

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Craziest team salaries of all time?

1997-98 Chicago Bulls Salaries

1 Michael Jordan $33,140,000
2 Toni Kukoc $4,560,000
3 Ron Harper $4,560,000
4 Dennis Rodman $4,500,000
5 Luc Longley $3,184,900
6 Scottie Pippen $2,775,000
7 Bill Wennington $1,800,000
8 Scott Burrell $1,430,000
9 Randy Brown $1,260,000
10 Dickey Simpkins $1,235,000
11 Robert Parish $1,150,000
12 Jason Caffey $850,920
13 Steve Kerr $750,000
14 David Vaughn $693,840
15 Keith Booth $597,600
16 Jud Buechler $500,000
17 Joe Kleine $272,250
18 Rusty LaRue *$242,00

:biggums:

[keep-itreal]

Craziest team salaries of all time?

1997-98 Chicago Bulls Salaries

1 Michael Jordan $33,140,000
2 Toni Kukoc $4,560,000
3 Ron Harper $4,560,000
4 Dennis Rodman $4,500,000
5 Luc Longley $3,184,900
6 Scottie Pippen $2,775,000
7 Bill Wennington $1,800,000
8 Scott Burrell $1,430,000
9 Randy Brown $1,260,000
10 Dickey Simpkins $1,235,000
11 Robert Parish $1,150,000
12 Jason Caffey $850,920
13 Steve Kerr $750,000
14 David Vaughn $693,840
15 Keith Booth $597,600
16 Jud Buechler $500,000
17 Joe Kleine $272,250
18 Rusty LaRue *$242,00
:biggums:

[DonDraper]

Inflation - His 1-9 record would translate to 1-12 (Since 1st round series are now out of 7 games)

[theaussieguy]

just wtf at Pippen....was he seriously that neglected?

[scuzzy]

Inflation - His 1-9 record would translate to 1-12 (Since 1st round series are now out of 7 games)
:lol

[Lebronxrings]

Inflation - His 1-9 record would translate to 1-12 (Since 1st round series are now out of 7 games)
:roll:

[Showtime2001]

Inflation - His 1-9 record would translate to 1-12 (Since 1st round series are now out of 7 games)
6/6 > 2/6.

[kamil]

just wtf at Pippen....was he seriously that neglected?

He was. And he wasnt happy about it at all.

[Mass Debator]

Now I understand why Pippen went broke. Living the superstar lifestyle with nickles and dimes.

[bigkingsfan]

That's why they called him no tipping Pippen.

[ClipperRevival]

Pip made his money AFTER his Chicago days.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pippesc01.html

And whatever money the Bulls were paying MJ wasn't enough. He will make money for the Bulls franchise as long as the human race exists. That guy pulls in like $100-150 million even TODAY from all of his Nike/shoe deals.

[SpaceJam]

Chicago ended up paying him somewhat when he came back in 2003, granted you can't put a price on what Scottie brought to the team back in the 90s, but still, decent gesture


The youngest of 17 children, Pippen has had a tough battle with money. When you combine the fact that pippen signed a stupid long term deal in 1991, family members riding him, and a crooked investment where he had $20 million stolen from him, Pip was basically flat broke when he came back to the Bulls in 2003. [Jerry] Reinsdorf gave him a big deal and even paid him for the two years he didn’t play, which he didn’t have to do.

[$LakerGold]

Well, Michael made 30m + 33m in his last two years w/ the Bulls. He also himself averaged about 3-4m per prior.

[Kawhi]

I even read in The Jordan Rules that Pippen felt scammed and went to management dozens of times to go for an extension, but the Bulls held a lot of money back for Kukoc (who definitely wasn't going to come over back then), who they believed was as good as Jordan. This was in the years that the Bulls didn't care about winning, but just about making dollars and selling out the Chicago stadium.

[ballinhun8]

Worth every penny.


When you win championships, you should get paid.



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