10 Highest Paid NBA Players by Salaries

#6 Gordon Hayward - $31.21 million

Boston Celtics v Phoenix Suns

White LeBron, as Hayward was called by Jazz fans before the swingman's decision to join the Celtics as a free agent, is slowly easing himself back into All Star form. Having gone down for the entirety of the 2017-18 NBA season with a freakishly NSFW ankle injury, Hayward is now part of the Celtics' rotation off the bench having started the season as part of the starting lineup.

He signed a 4-year contract paying him $127 million over 4 seasons, of which $31.2 million will be his paycheck for the 2018-19 season. While he's certainly not been bad given his injury history, the Celtics were hoping for more production from him, and he might be placed on the trade block by the All-Star break if he doesn't show the ability to do so.