Eastern Conference Salary Rankings: Shooting Guards

Hoops Rumors is in the process of ranking the salaries, separated by conference, for each NBA player by position. We’ve already looked at the point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards and centers of the Western Conference and we’ve now turned our attention toward the East, by running down the conference’s point guards. Next up — the shooting guards.

All told, the teams in the east have committed a total of $315,686,809 in cap hits this season to the men who man the two spot. The average conference salary for shooting guards this season is currently $4,324,477, with DeMar DeRozan topping the list with $26,540,100 to account for on his year-end W-2 form.

It should be noted that teams won’t necessarily pay out every dollar listed here. There are quite a few players who have non-guaranteed or partially guaranteed contracts. Some of those players won’t make it out of the preseason, while others will be sweating it out until January 10th. That’s when teams must waive players with no specific guarantee date written into their contracts to avoid having to guarantee their salaries for the rest of the season. In addition, incentive clauses that a player either triggers or fails to meet can leave a player with more or less money than his cap hit reflects. Still, the purpose of this list is to show the relative pay scale by position, which is why all contracts are included in this post.

I should also add that not every player listed below will play at shooting guard this season, as some will likely see some time at point guard and others at small forward. To maintain uniformity, I used their positions listed on the teams’ official rosters to determine which list to include them on. So if you see a player who isn’t expected to play two guard for his team this season listed below, that’s why.

The Eastern Conference’s shooting guards are listed below, in descending order of salary:

  1. DeMar DeRozan [Raptors] —$26,540,100
  2. Dwyane Wade [Bulls] — $23,200,000
  3. Bradley Beal [Wizards] —$22,116,750
  4. Nicolas Batum [Hornets] — $20,869,566
  5. Jimmy Butler [Bulls] — $17,552,209
  6. Evan Fournier [Magic] —$17,000,000
  7. Kent Bazemore [Hawks] — $15,730,338
  8. Khris Middleton [Bucks] —$15,200,000
  9. Courtney Lee [Knicks] —$11,242,000
  10. Monta Ellis [Pacers] — $10,763,500
  11. Iman Shumpert [Cavs] —$9,662,922
  12. Gerald Henderson [Sixers] —$9,000,000
  13. Avery Bradley [Celtics] —$8,269,663
  14. Jodie Meeks [Magic] —$6,540,000
  15. Jeremy Lamb [Hornets] — $6,511,628
  16. Marco Belinelli [Hornets] — $6,333,333
  17. Wayne Ellington [Heat] —$6,000,000
  18. Tyler Johnson [Heat] —$5,628,000
  19. Kyle Korver [Hawks] — $5,239,437
  20. Mario Hezonja [Magic] —$3,909,840
  21. Thabo Sefolosha [Hawks] — $3,850,000
  22. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope [Pistons] — $3,678,319
  23. Bojan Bogdanovic [Nets] — $3,573,020
  24. Nik Stauskas [Sixers] —$2,993,040
  25. Dion Waiters [Heat] —$2,898,000
  26. Tomas Satoransky [Wizards] —$2,870,813
  27. Randy Foye [Nets] — $2,500,000
  28. Tim Hardaway Jr.  [Hawks] — $2,281,605
  29. Denzel Valentine [Bulls] — $2,092,200
  30. James Young [Celtics] —$1,825,200
  31. Rashad Vaughn [Bucks] —$1,811,040
  32. Caris LeVert [Nets] — $1,562,280
  33. Dahntay Jones [Cavs] — $1,551,659
  34. Jason Terry [Bucks] — $1,551,659
  35. DeAndre’ Bembry [Hawks] — $1,499,760
  36. Sasha Vujacic [Knicks] —$1,410,598
  37. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot [Sixers] —$1,326,960
  38. C.J. Wilcox [Magic] —$1,209,600
  39. R.J. Hunter [Celtics] —$1,200,240
  40. Isaiah Whitehead [Nets] — $1,074,145
  41. Glenn Robinson III [Pacers] — $1,050,500
  42. Justin Holiday [Knicks] —$1,015,696
  43. DeAndre Liggins [Cavs] —$1,015,696
  44. Hollis Thompson [Sixers] —$1,015,696
  45. Markel Brown [Cavs] — $980,431
  46. Jarell Eddie [Wizards] —$980,431
  47. Joe Harris [Nets] — $980,431
  48. Orlando Johnson [Bucks] — $980,431
  49. Sean Kilpatrick [Nets] — $980,431
  50. Marcus Thornton [Wizards] —$980,431
  51. Malcolm Brogdon [Bucks] —$925,000
  52. Darrun Hilliard [Pistons] — $874,636
  53. John Holland [Cavs] —$874,636
  54. Nick Johnson [Magic] — $874,636
  55. Jordan McRae [Cavs] —$874,636
  56. Kevin Murphy [Magic] — $874,636
  57. Norman Powell [Raptors] —$874,636
  58. Josh Richardson [Heat] —$874,636
  59. Aaron Harrison [Hornets] — $874,636
  60. Michael Gbinije [Pistons] — $650,000
  61. Beau Beech [Nets] — $543,471
  62. Ron Baker [Knicks] —$543,471
  63. Drew Crawford [Raptors] —$543,471
  64. Treveon Graham [Hornets] — $543,471
  65. Brady Heslip [Raptors] — $543,471
  66. Damion Lee [Celtics] — $543,471
  67. Sheldon McClellan [Wizards] —$543,471
  68. Rodney McGruder [Heat] —$543,471
  69. Brandon Paul [Sixers]—$543,471
  70. Rasheed Sulaimon [Hornets] — $543,471
  71. J.P. Tokoto [Knicks] —$543,471
  72. Thomas Walkup [Bulls] — $543,471
  73. Nick Zeisloft [Pacers] — $543,471
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