NBA 2018-19 Season: Average player salary for every NBA team

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The Thunder were widely criticized for their abysmal postseason performance last season after paying the highest luxury tax bill in NBA salary cap history

Washington Wizards - $129.09 million

Highest-paid player - Otto Porter Jr ($26.01 million)

Average player salary - $9.72 million

The Wizards' front office moves have been mostly reactionary instead of well-thought-out expenditures. Their highest-paid player this season (Porter Jr) caps out as a long-distance marksman and lockdown defender at the peak of his career - something we might already have seen.

Bradley Beal and John Wall are owed a combined $270 million in the next 3-4 seasons, and although both are All-Stars, they have not had any playoff success worth mention in their last 7 seasons together.

Golden State Warriors - $145.80 million

Highest-paid player - Stephen Curry ($37.46 million)

Average player salary - $9.96 million

Up until 2012, the Warriors were genuinely the laughing stock of the NBA, with their last championship coming in 1975 during a time when the likes of Rick Barry were still balling at the height of their powers.

Under Jerry West, they drafted Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, and 2 Finals appearances later, they added Kevin Durant to the mix to compile the most talented NBA team of all time.

This summer, they outdid themselves by signing DeMarcus Cousins - arguably the best big man in the game when healthy - for a season, virtually guaranteeing themselves a 3rd straight championship run.

Oklahoma City Thunder - $147.31 million

Highest-paid player - Russell Westbrook ($35.64 million)

Average player salary - $10 million

The Thunder were widely criticized for their abysmal postseason performance last season after paying the highest luxury tax bill in NBA salary cap history for the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Paul George and Russell Westbrook.

They have, since then, made amends by trading an ageing Melo for Dennis Schroder, who's fit into the sixth man role like a custom-made glove.

They are much deeper this season than they have been in recent memory, and although the injury bug has deprived us of taking a look at what their roster is capable of in its totality, not much time remains for Andre Roberson's slated comeback in January.