Money Points

Last week, Sports Illustrated published its annual list of the "Most Fortunate Athletes," combining salaries/winnings with endorsement incomes to paint a picture of the jocks who are making it rain more than a high pressure system in April. Of course, many of these 50 athletes are NBA players (sidenote: none of these 50 athletes are women).

We decided it would be interesting to look at these take-ins in comparison to how many points each player scored in the 2009-2010 regular season. Sure, this is an oversimplified way of looking at a player's value, and sure, it doesn't account for injuries, suspensions, or any other freak occurrences. But if you're willing to think about pure offensive production as a good measure of a player's ultimate bargaining potential, the below figures are a good indicator of how much certain teams--and companies--must be feeling like they've been straight up had.

As an added value, we've figured out what one point for each of these players could buy them:

Carmelo Anthony
Earnings: $21,779,912
Points: 1,943
Dollars per point: $11,209.42
What one point gets him: 1,603 NBA Logoman Headbands

Amar'e Stoudamire
Earnings: $23,128,325
Points: 1,876
Dollars per point: $12,328.53
What one point gets him: 246 Silver Sefer Torah Scrolls












Dwyane Wade
Earnings: $27,779,912
Points: 2,045
Dollars per point: $13,584.31
What one point gets him: 75 T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slides

Ray Allen
Earnings: $19,526,860
Points: 1,304
Dollars per point: $14,974.59
What one point gets him: 1,577 copies of He Got Game

Paul Pierce
Earnings: $21,595,712
Points: 1,296
Dollars per point: $16,663.36
What one point gets him: 1,191 copies of The Ugly Truth

Kobe Bryant
Earnings: $33,034,375
Points: 1,970
Dollars per point: $16,768.72
What one point gets him: 167 Kobe Bryant Fatheads for home decoration










Rashard Lewis
Earnings: $17,160,791
Points: 1,004
Dollars per point: $17,092.42
What one point gets him: 208 one-day adult passes to Disney World

Vince Carter
Earnings: $21,123,250
Points: 1,227
Dollars per point: $17,215.36
What one point gets him: 1 Vinsanity DVD, 1 Laguna Above Ground Indoor Jacuzzi, and $14,485.61 to fill it with

Dwight Howard
Earnings: $27,202,590
Points: 1,488
Dollars per point: $18,281.31
What one point gets him: 101 T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slides

Tim Duncan
Earnings: $25,683,218
Points: 1,395
Dollars per point: $18,410.91
What one point gets him: 7 Hanwei Kami Samurai Sword Sets











LeBron James
Earnings: $45,779,912
Points: 2,258
Dollars per point: $20,274.54
What one point gets him: 13,516 bottles of Decision Water

Jermaine O'Neal
Earnings: $23,266,000
Points: 950
Dollars per point: $24,490.53
What one point gets him: One month rental of a billboard overseeing TD Banknorth Garden depicting Jermaine with a slogan, "THE REAL O'NEAL"

Kevin Garnett
Earnings: $26,417,044
Points: 990
Dollars per point: $26,683.88
What one point gets him: 66 eight-session courses at Bay State Anger Management

Shaquille O'Neal
Earnings: $36,000,000
Points: 636
Dollars per point: $56,603.77
What one point gets him: 324 Boston Duck tours, including a trip to the Museum of Science, with his family










Michael Redd
Earnings: $17,290,000
Points: 215
Dollars per point: $80,418.60
What one point gets him: 2,299 Brandon Jennings adidas replica jerseys for his goddamned ungrateful nieces and nephews

Tracy McGrady
Earnings: $22,733,124
Points: 245
Dollars per point: $92,788.26
What one point gets him: 2,066 Mueller Hg80 Hinged Knee Braces