lebron james tops the list of highest paid nba players released by forbes

jan 20, 2016 am time in washington, dc. forbes has released this year’s nba salary rankings. cavaliers star lebron james tops the list with a total income of $71 million, followed by durant and kobe.

although lebron james is not the no. 1 in jersey sales anymore, he’s the highest paid in the league, with a total income of $71 million.

when it comes to calculating the players' income, forbes takes both salary and endorsement contract into consideration. this season, james’s salary at cavaliers reached up to $22.97 million and has an endorsement income of approximately $48 million. not long ago, james signed a lifetime deal with nike signed.　

in forbes’latest nba salary rankings, durant ranks the second place ($56.2 million), followed by kobe ($50 million).

in fact, this year, james’ income is expected to exceed the sum of incomes of derek ross and harden.

here is a list of the top 10 highest paid nba players released by forbes.

1) james ($71 million)

2) durant ($56.2 million)

3) kobe bryant ($50 million)

4) rose ($34.1 million)

5) harden ($32.8 million)

6) wade ($32 million)

7) anthony ($30.9 million)

8) paul ($30 million)

9) howard ($27.4 million)

10) griffin ($26.9 million)

here is the forbes news:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2016/01/20/lebron-james-tops-the-nbas-highest-paid-players-2016/#2715e4857a0b3dfdc61b486a