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Russell Westbrook

NBA team: The Houston Rockets

Salary: $38,506,482

Russell Westbrook III plays for the Houston Rockets and he is a nine-time NBA All-Star. He won the NBA Most Valued Player Award during the 2016 - 2017 season and led his team in scores for two seasons. In the year that Westbrook won the League’s MVP, he became one of two players in the history of the NBA to average a triple-double for a season together with Oscar Robertson. He has set a record with this achievement.