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Kyrie Irving

NBA team: The Brooklyn Nets

Salary: $31,742,000 (plus incentives; 15% trade kicker)

Kyrie Andrew Irving was the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft and he started off with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He is a six-time All-Star and two-time member of the All-NBA Team. He won the Rookie of the Year in his year class as well. Currently, he is with the Brooklyn Nets, for a deal that is able to pay him the huge salary shown above. In college, he played for Duke Blue Devils. He won the MVP award in 2014. Iin 2016, he made the championship-winning three-point shot that completed the Cavaliers historical comeback over the Golden State Warriors.