10 highest paid basketball players in 2018-19

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#9 Kyrie Irving - $37 million

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The Celtics' best best to make the NBA Finals for the first time in 9 years, Kyrie Irving's stock has steadily risen through the course of his NBA life. His previous max deal, signed in 2014 and scheduled to expire next season when he declines his player option, pays him $20 million through 2018-19, while his Nike sneaker line is selling out stores like hot cakes.

His royalties and endorsement lump sum from Nike and other sponsors total up to $17 million, and Irving projects to earn a supermax contract next summer when he listens to free agency pitches from across the league, even though he's likely to remain a Celtic for the foreseeable future.

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