
All salary information via Basketball Reference. Kevin Durant on max contracts: 'A lot of these guys are worth more' Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant also said he doesn't see how owners can say they're losing money now. He crossed the $10M/year barrier in 2011 after four full seasons in the NBA, made $30M/year for the first time in 2018, and will hit $40M/year next season. Here’s a look back at Durant’s career salary history, from his rookie year in Oklahoma City to the end of his current contract. In 2019, Durant declined a $31.5 player option with the Golden State Warriors to enter free agency, where he ultimately agreed to a four year, $164 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets, a contract that runs through the 2022-23 NBA season. Durant trails only Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, John Wall, James Harden, and LeBron James in 2020-21 earnings. Durant, a two-time NBA Finals MVP, ten-time NBA All-Star, and four-time scoring champion return, is expected to make the Brooklyn Nets a real contender in the Eastern Conference.įor the upcoming regular season, Durant will be the seventh-highest-paid player in the NBA with a salary of $39,058,950. (Durant re-signed at a discount of 30 million, getting paid just under 30 of the salary cap for that year he could have signed a max contract of. Kevin Durant enters the 2020-21 NBA season fully healthy after missing all of last year recovering from a ruptured Achilles suffered in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals.
