Embiid joins Curry and other NBA stars in the $500 million club Originally appeared in NBC Bay Area Sports
The club of players with $500 million in NBA career earnings continues to grow.
Joel Embiid signed a three-year, $192.9 million maximum contract extension on Friday, keeping the center with the Philadelphia 76ers through the 2028-29 NBA season and raising his career earnings to $515 million.
The 30-year-old center joins LeBron James ($584 million), Steph Curry ($532 million), Paul George ($519 million) and Kevin Durant ($508 million) as the fifth member of the exclusive list.
Joel Embiid is now part of the $500M+ club, joining LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Paul George and Kevin Durant. pic.twitter.com/Obdh5LA2Dl
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) September 20, 2024
While none of the five players have yet reached $500 million in salaries, all have contracts that guarantee they will cross the threshold unless they decide to retire early.
In August, Curry became the third member from the club after signing a one-year, $62.6 million contract extension with the Warriors through the 2026-27 NBA season.
Yeah Curry would retire After his current contract, the four-time NBA champion would have earned a total of $532,677,168 in on-court earnings.
In 2022, Curry was reportedly in contention for a juicy spot. Lifetime contract of 1 billion dollars with Under Armour.
With a record-breaking 11-year, $76 billion television deal expected to cause parabolic salary cap growth in the coming years, players like Luka Dončić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are expected to join Curry and company with their upcoming supermax contract extensions.
Surely none of them are against it.