Check Please!

With the Draft Lottery tonight I thought I would take a peak at the top earners in the league as reported by hoops hype.com. Salaries are close to reseting and payrolls will be refreshed come July, but come around the Finals its nice to laugh at dumb GMs. Only three of the Top 10 (or 11 since there's a tie at 10) highest paid players in the league deserve their paycheck. Look at the fiscal foolishness in the league Pre-"Spurs Copy-Cat Mania" or Before the "C.B.A. Got Its Act Together":

• Stephon Marbury, 2003, Phoenix gives him a 4 year $76.8 million extension (signed through 08-10)
• Michael Finley, 2001, Mavericks sign him with a 7 year $102.2 Million contract (they buy him out 5 years later)
• Allen Iverson, 2003, the 76ers extend four years $76.7 Million (The Iverson experiment has failed)

Now Shaq is a dinosaur, and KG will be falling apart when his contract ends, but how can you say those teams were in the wrong? KG made the Celtics relevant and Shaq brought a Championship to the Heat. Looking down this Kidd is garbage, Jermaine O'Neal just can't go anymore, and Webber may not have deserve his paycheck but atleast those guys were worthy franchise guys at some point.