10 Highest Paid NBA Players by Salaries

#2 (tied) Russell Westbrook - $35.65 million

Oklahoma City Thunder v New Orleans Pelicans

The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to a rousing start in the Western Conference playoff race thanks not only to PG-13, but also the greatest player in Oklahoma City franchise history. Westbrook has missed 8 games this season due to injury troubles, but the Thunder have and will always miss the most tenacious player in the NBA when he's away.

Westbrook signed a supermax deal that guarantees him $201 million through 5 seasons in 2017, and he's slated to earn $35.65 million through the course of the 2018-19 season. His triple-double production would be worth about twice that amount if there were no CBA rules to follow, just a hard salary cap. He's the life and soul of this team and deserves to be paid as such.