10 Highest Paid NBA Players by Salaries

#9 Mike Conley - $30.51 million

Memphis Grizzlies v Atlanta Hawks

Anyone who questioned the merits of handing out a 5-year, $153 million contract to Mike Conley Jr was emphatically forced to shut their mouth when the veteran point guard balled out in the 2016-17 NBA season before turning it up a notch against the league's best defensive team (the Spurs) in the first round of playoffs that year.

True, injury concerns ruled him out last season, but Conley is the engine that keeps the Grizzlies' offense buzzing along, and the main reason why they are looking much like the Grit n Grind Grizzlies of old once more. The best player in the NBA today not to be named to an All-Star team yet, expect Conley to keep up the quiet production for the rest of his prime.