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[Charts and Graphs] Sortable Team Salaries
A post-trading deadline survey of future salary commitments
[Charts and Graphs] Sortable Team Salaries
A post-trading deadline survey of future salary commitments
At least they're each making less than Allan Houston.
HoopsHype has updated their terrific salaries section to include results from all of the last-minute deals. I've loaded the total team salary commitments by year into a table with sortable columns, which makes it easy to see which teams will have the most flexibility going forward. Click the column headings to toggle the sort.
UPDATE: Matt Watson of Detroit Bad Boys pointed out that HoopsHype is missing several deals. I've added in contract extension estimates for Tayshaun Prince, Mike Dunleavy, Caron Butler, Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and a handful of minimum-salary guys.
Team Salaries by Year (includes player options)
| Team | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | $ 42,846,170 | $ 31,800,069 | $ 23,057,708 | $ 19,116,544 | $ 16,325,868 | $ 0 |
| Boston | $ 59,008,034 | $ 56,134,673 | $ 46,620,991 | $ 28,929,397 | $ 3,413,793 | $ 0 |
| Charlotte | $ 33,308,932 | $ 25,092,120 | $ 14,227,306 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Chicago | $ 55,523,811 | $ 33,087,655 | $ 18,708,293 | $ 11,063,708 | $ 12,225,397 | $ 13,509,063 |
| Cleveland | $ 55,069,794 | $ 50,813,716 | $ 43,002,379 | $ 42,841,510 | $ 27,371,567 | $ 0 |
| Dallas | $ 97,653,332 | $ 74,208,665 | $ 57,431,345 | $ 17,410,000 | $ 10,112,500 | $ 13,075,000 |
| Denver | $ 53,073,023 | $ 51,688,662 | $ 39,183,945 | $ 33,714,826 | $ 23,013,636 | $ 16,545,454 |
| Detroit | $ 58,873,979 | $ 47,246,220 | $ 45,436,150 | $ 33,583,341 | $ 21,696,630 | $ 11,405,401 |
| Golden State | $ 57,148,102 | $ 64,691,439 | $ 61,536,320 | $ 64,869,535 | $ 41,377,965 | $ 37,072,647 |
| Houston | $ 66,285,148 | $ 57,239,354 | $ 53,347,987 | $ 54,122,374 | $ 44,269,561 | $ 17,040,000 |
| Indiana | $ 80,144,205 | $ 69,654,380 | $ 45,200,000 | $ 41,417,500 | $ 37,845,000 | $ 7,500,000 |
| LA Clippers | $ 51,642,738 | $ 42,549,849 | $ 31,584,000 | $ 33,940,000 | $ 9,800,000 | $ 0 |
| LA Lakers | $ 73,360,552 | $ 67,613,721 | $ 42,089,625 | $ 35,821,500 | $ 23,034,375 | $ 24,806,250 |
| Memphis | $ 67,931,790 | $ 56,434,129 | $ 38,042,975 | $ 41,404,212 | $ 39,815,450 | $ 25,176,687 |
| Miami | $ 61,471,984 | $ 57,114,893 | $ 46,654,500 | $ 29,978,000 | $ 27,100,000 | $ 0 |
| Milwaukee | $ 60,787,548 | $ 59,988,436 | $ 29,547,500 | $ 31,946,250 | $ 34,345,000 | $ 25,543,750 |
| Minnesota | $ 58,371,782 | $ 55,970,852 | $ 57,228,000 | $ 51,208,000 | $ 24,555,500 | $ 7,625,000 |
| New Jersey | $ 63,394,429 | $ 56,888,095 | $ 56,888,095 | $ 40,772,000 | $ 14,200,000 | $ 15,000,000 |
| New Orleans | $ 48,402,007 | $ 31,448,605 | $ 2,500,000 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| New York | $124,082,763 | $133,629,970 | $ 74,499,500 | $ 72,754,079 | $ 36,330,266 | $ 22,254,632 |
| Orlando | $ 80,324,368 | $ 48,728,221 | $ 13,969,900 | $ 6,864,200 | $ 7,354,500 | $ 0 |
| Philadelphia | $ 83,728,288 | $ 87,274,167 | $ 69,020,392 | $ 40,703,427 | $ 20,211,115 | $ 17,736,303 |
| Phoenix | $ 54,717,893 | $ 57,947,451 | $ 56,820,187 | $ 52,106,000 | $ 21,030,000 | $ 17,040,000 |
| Portland | $ 60,166,880 | $ 59,497,751 | $ 36,149,999 | $ 23,666,666 | $ 25,000,000 | $ 17,333,333 |
| Sacramento | $ 60,912,387 | $ 56,078,352 | $ 46,100,050 | $ 50,450,640 | $ 27,403,125 | $ 0 |
| San Antonio | $ 64,643,864 | $ 60,949,471 | $ 61,216,557 | $ 50,448,703 | $ 45,508,218 | $ 13,500,000 |
| Seattle | $ 50,724,789 | $ 47,863,883 | $ 34,829,870 | $ 37,597,521 | $ 28,676,860 | $ 0 |
| Toronto | $ 57,394,488 | $ 38,391,940 | $ 9,404,416 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Utah | $ 57,407,442 | $ 42,963,231 | $ 37,803,191 | $ 35,174,129 | $ 38,108,483 | $ 17,822,187 |
| Washington | $ 54,529,669 | $ 56,225,862 | $ 37,404,167 | $ 40,517,688 | $ 30,069,245 | $ 11,181,765 |
Not surprisingly, New York has the largest committed salary in 2 of the next 3 years, with only Philadelphia edging them out in 2007-08. As noted previously, Golden State is another probable lottery team that has a lot of future money tied up--currently sporting the highest team salary in 2010-11 and the 2nd-highest liability in 2008-09.
The following chart maps total committed salary to current winning percentage:
Thankfully for owners, this graph shows that there is somewhat of a relationship between spending and winning. However, there are some outliers:
- Detroit (red dot) has the best record in the league with only $218 million tied up. This probably won't last too much longer, however, since Ben Wallace will become a free agent at the end of this season, and Chauncey Billups' current contract expires after next year.
- New Orleans/Oklahoma City (teal dot) has a winning record with less than $100 million locked up.
- New York (orange dot) sticks out like a sore thumb. The Knicks are tops in committed salaries ($412 million), but they have the 2nd-worst overall winning percentage so far this year.
Comments[4]
Posted by jgurney on February 27, 2006 12:02:16 AM PST
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Re: Sortable Team Salaries
It is probably instructive to have a similar graph that relates salaries this season to record this season.
Of course, sometimes the ability to pay less to a player now is related to the term and total salary that you owe him over the course of his contract. But in view of the fact that a player that expires next year but is paid $10 million does not necessarily perform better this season than a player signed on a three-year $3 million contract, the power rating might be better off just looking at current salaries.
Also, and I don't know if such data is available, but it might be useful to look at historical information of payroll and wins overall for the season. In this case, to get comparable values across seasons, it might be useful to normalize total payroll by average payroll or something.
Comment from kozlodoev on February 28, 2006 7:37:57 AM PST
This is very cool. I'll be linking to this on my site. Thanks!
Comment from Ty on February 28, 2006 8:36:26 AM PST
That graph is one of most interesting features you've had; nice work!
Comment from Anonymous on March 3, 2006 7:40:48 AM PST
-nice forecast with salaries
should redo it and compare after off-season depending on activity now that trade deadline has passed
-what i found interesting about the graph is the grouping of dots (if u squint real hard...heh) but figuring out who is who is another story
Comment from rem on March 3, 2006 10:36:46 PM PST