Players With Most Guaranteed Long-Term Salary

Many of the NBA's most overpaid players, such as Hedo Turkoglu, Kris Humphries, Corey Maggette and others, will see their contracts come to an end this year or next, but that doesn't mean that there aren't still plenty of teams with long-term commitments on their books. Many of these long-term deals were signed within the last year or two, meaning the players are still performing at a high level.

A good percentage of those players will continue to play well throughout their contracts, but the success rate is unlikely to be 100%. A handful of these big-money four- or five-year deals could go south before they eventually expire.

Listed below are all the players who will still have $30MM or more in guaranteed money remaining on their contracts, starting next season. Non-guaranteed money and/or team options aren't included in these amounts, but player options are, since a team has little to no control over whether those options will be exercised.

Here are the players with the most guaranteed money remaining on their contracts beyond this season:

Blake Griffin, Clippers: $94,314,376** (five years)
Deron Williams, Nets: $81,594,530 (four years)
Derrick Rose, Bulls: $77,911,876 (four years)
James Harden, Rockets: $69,710,623** (five years)
Joe Johnson, Nets: $69,542,371 (three years)
Russell Westbrook, Thunder; $64,926,560 (four years)
LeBron James, Heat: $61,770,000 (three years)
Chris Bosh, Heat: $61,770,000 (three years)
Dwyane Wade, Heat: $60,492,000 (three years)
Kevin Durant, Thunder: $56,986,873 (three years)
Serge Ibaka, Thunder: $49,000,000 (four years)
Ty Lawson, Nuggets: $48,000,000 (four years)
Brook Lopez, Nets: $47,157,188 (three years)
Kevin Love, Timberwolves: $47,157,186 (three years)
Carmelo Anthony, Knicks: $46,759,398 (two years)
Amare Stoudemire, Knicks: $45,090,881 (two years)
Roy Hibbert, Pacers: $44,696,813 (three years)
Eric Gordon, Hornets: $44,696,813 (three years)
David Lee, Warriors: $44,383,680 (three years)
Stephen Curry, Warriors: $44,000,000 (four years)
Jrue Holiday, 76ers: $41,000,004 (four years)
Nene, Wizards: $39,000,000 (three years)
DeMar DeRozan, Raptors; $38,000,000 (four years)
Rudy Gay, Raptors: $37,206,256 (two years)
Joakim Noah, Bulls: $36,700,000 (three years)
Al Horford, Hawks: $36,000,000 (three years)
Nicolas Batum, Trail Blazers: $35,296,500 (three years)
Zach Randolph, Grizzlies: $34,300,000 (two years)
JaVale McGee, Nuggets: $34,000,000 (three years)
Taj Gibson, Bulls: $33,000,000 (four years)
Danilo Gallinari, Nuggets: $32,561,000 (three years)
Carlos Boozer, Bulls: $32,100,000 (two years)
George Hill, Pacers: $32,000,000 (four years)
Marc Gasol, Grizzlies: $30,690,211 (two years)
Kobe Bryant, Lakers: $30,453,805 (one year)
LaMarcus Aldridge, Trail Blazers: $30,384,000 (two years)
Gerald Wallace, Nets: $30,317,565 (three years)

(** Griffin and Harden signed maximum-salary deals, so the exact figures for 2013/14 and beyond aren't known yet; these amounts are based on '12/13's max salaries.)

Storytellers Contracts was used in the creation of this post.

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