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After a disappointing 4th place finish at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Team USA wasted no time in retooling for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics. If you’re playing myGM on NBA2K, here’s the breakdown of the team’s cost 👇 💰 Stephen Curry: $55,761,216 💰 Joel Embiid: $51,415,938 💰 Kevin Durant: $51,179,021 💰 Devin Booker: $49,205,800 💰 LeBron James: $48,728,845 💰 Anthony Davis: $43,219,440 💰 Anthony Edwards: $42,176,400 💰 Tyrese Haliburton: $42,176,400 💰 Jayson Tatum: $34,848,340 💰 Bam Adebayo: $34,848,340 💰 Jrue Holiday: $30,000,000 💰 Derrick White: $20,071,429 That's a grand total of $𝟱𝟬𝟯,𝟲𝟯𝟭,𝟭𝟲𝟵 🤯 All of that, of course, is before the luxury tax and other league-imposed penalties for going over the NBA salary cap. It is a safe bet that Team USA is going all in with the hopes of reclaiming global basketball supremacy 💰

According to Ben Simmons’ agent Bernard Lee, he expects his client to be “100 percent” for the Nets’ upcoming campaign. The 2024-25 season will be the final season of Simmons’ current contract, where the All-Star guard is set to make $40,338,144 👀

20 years ago, LeBron James had his first Team USA appearance along with Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade 🇺🇸 Anthony Edwards was just TWO years old when LeBron played his first Team USA game...and now they’re teammates 🤯

Dan Hurley really took $20 million less to stay on as head coach of the UConn Huskies rather than coach LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the Los Angeles Lakers 😅

Amazon Big Boss Jeff Bezos made headlines today as he offloaded $5 billion worth of Amazon shares. He was linked to the Washington Commanders sale which went to Josh Harris. Recently, a majority stake in the Boston Celtics is also up for sale. Bezos was seen having dinner last week with Tom Brady. Is he keeping tabs on how to own a New England-based team? The value of each team is pretty close to the money he's offloading, are we about to see Jeff Bezos own a sports team soon?

At this year's NBA Draft, Bronny James signed a hefty guaranteed contract, which is unusual for a second-round pick. 10 years ago, a then-relatively unknown and 41st overall selection Nikola Jokic had to impress the Nuggets to earn his way to a decent rookie deal. Bronny will have something to prove his value this season. He'll be a man on a mission 😤

🚨 BREAKING🚨 LeBron James set to sign a 2-year, $104M maximum contract to return to the Los Angeles Lakers. (H/T Shams Charania )

Amid the talk of the current ownership group selling the team, the Boston Celtics want to make sure to maximize their championship window for the next few seasons by keeping their starting core intact: ☘️ Jayson Tatum: 5-years, $314M ☘️ Jaylen Brown: 5-years, $304M ☘️ Jrue Holiday: 4-years,$135M ☘️ Derrick White: 4-years, $126M ☘️ Kristaps Porzingis: 2-years, $60M There is a massive $939 million in the books for this five. Adding the payroll for the remaining players brings it a tad below a billion dollars, you love to see a team committed to investing and raise more championship banners in the long run 🏆

The Phoenix Suns are on a generational spending run 🤑 Based on cap expert Yossi Gozlan's projections, Phoenix is well on its way to having the first $500,000,000+ bill (total salary and luxury taxes) in National Basketball Association (NBA) history by 2025-26. The things you do for a ring...

The Los Angeles Lakers have selected Bronny James with the 55th pick 🚨 LeBron James and Bronny united in LA 💜💛