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Seasons overpaid vs. underpaid: 5-12
Actual Worth: $464,107,250
Profession earnings: $405,940,020
Distinction: $58,167,230 (14.33 %)
That former league MVP Kevin Durant was in a position to miss a full season in his prime resulting from harm and nonetheless rank as one of the crucial underpaid gamers ever tells you all you should learn about simply how nice the long run Corridor-of-Famer is when he’s wholesome.
Actual Worth believes Durant was most underpaid in 2009-10, with a $22.1 million disparity that 12 months between his Actual Worth and precise wage, which was simply $4.8 million that 12 months. That season, Durant was absurdly helpful, main the league in scoring at 30.1 factors per sport to go together with 7.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals whereas showing in all 82 outings. Durant’s Thunder went 50-32 that season, too, because the Washington D.C. native completed second within the MVP vote for his efforts, and second in Most Improved Participant together with being an All-Star and 1st Workforce All-NBAer.
To do all that whereas incomes lower than $5 million for the season is really exhausting to imagine in hindsight.
In fact, with Durant being older now and nonetheless making a lot cash, Actual Worth believes he’s been overpaid a bit over the previous two years, together with in 2023-24 when our stat says he was overpaid by $11.3 million. Even then, the Phoenix Suns need to be thrilled with what they obtained out of the veteran scorer in his age-35 season, as Durant nonetheless put up over 27 factors per sport on 52.3 % capturing in 2023-24 whereas incomes 2nd Workforce All-NBA and All-Star honors.
Durant’s Actual Worth remains to be extraordinarily excessive, as our metric had his output value $36.3 million simply final season, it’s merely that new-age max contracts (Durant remodeled $47 million final 12 months) are so large that even one of the best of gamers are having a tough time outperforming them.
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