7 lowest paid NBA players in the 2022-2023 season

• Some of the big names this season aren’t the best paid
• While you would think they earn so much, their actual pay is never met
• Ideally, brilliant superstar-level players in the NBA are so crucial that even if they have a maximum salary, they might still pass off as underpaid

Is your favourite basketball star among the lowest paid NBA players in the 2022-2023 season?

Do you think NBA 2023 season stars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray feature in this list? Just recently, NBA website HoopsHype recently did a study and illustrated the true worth of basketball players. The website used a new statistical tool called ‘Real Value’ to determine the market value of each NBA player.

It bases its calculations on Global Rating as the primary performance parameter. Frank Urbina from ‘Hoopshype says that surprisingly, it’s the big shots in the league who make up this list. The general thought on all this is that many people would expect different names but it is some of the best players in it.

Ideally, brilliant superstar-level players in the NBA are so crucial that even if they have a maximum salary, they might still pass off as underpaid given their skill and success. With this, here are the top 10 lowest paid NBA players in the 2022-2023 season.

NIKOLA JOKIC

Denver Nuggets player Nikola Jokic. Photo/The Cold Wire

His actual value sits at $70,068,735 but his average annual pay is $33,047,803 putting a a whole $37.020,932 difference in his pay. Thus, it suffices to say that the Denver Nuggets star is underpaid given his success story with his team.

JAYSON TATUM

Boston Celtics’ biggest blessing is Jayson Tatum but his fame doesn’t match his real value in the team and league by extension. A total of $55,282,823 ring as his real worth but he pockets $30,351,780 per year with the Celtics. There is a $24,931,043 variance in cash which bridged the gap

JOEL EMBIID

Philadelphia Sixers star Joel Embid earns $33,616,770 annually and he is the Golden Boy of the team. Yet, as much as annual take-home looks like a commensurate package, his actual annual value is $57,254,111.  The more the reason the Sixers should top up $23,637,341 to meet his value.

TYRESE HALIBURTON

Tyrese Haliburton plays for the Indiana Pacers but still makes it to the lowest paid NBA players in the 2022-2023 season. Why though yet he earns $4,215,120 per year with the Pacers? In honesty Real Value deployed in this study by HoopsHype indicates that Haliburton’s actual worth per year is $24,440,045. A $20,224,925 is huge but he will have to deal with it.

JA MORANT

Basketball player Ja Morant.[Sportingnews.com]

DESMOND BANE

Desmond Bane of the Memphis Grizzlies has a current annual salary of $2,130,240 and he is a big shot on the floor. Together with Morant, they steadily hold Grizzlies’ future in the NBA. Despite this, he actual take home annually according to Real Value is $19,858,024 thereby putting a $17,727,784 difference in his pay.

TYRESE MAXEY

Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia Sixers has an actual annual pay of $20,478,596. Sadly, his annual salary with the Sixers is $2,726,880 making a $17,751,716 difference. You now understand how and why he ranks among the lowest paid NBA players in the 2022-2023 season.