NBA 2018-19 Season: Average player salary for every NBA team

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Cleveland Cavaliers v Indiana Pacers - Game Six

Indiana Pacers - $104.97 million

Highest-paid player: Victor Oladipo ($21 million)

Average player salary: $6.99 million

The Pacers took LeBron James' Cavs to Game 7 in the first round last season, acquiring superstar Victor Oladipo and 6MOTY contender Domantas Sabonis in exchange for Paul George in the summer of 2017.

They have gotten better at playing without Oladipo this season than last year when they lost all 6 games without their All-NBA combo guard.

They are part of an elite 5-team tussle for the Eastern Conference championship this season, and are currently 3rd in their Conference standings with a 20-10 record, and are the hottest team in the league right now with 7 straight Ws.

Milwaukee Bucks - $128.44 million

Highest-paid player - Giannis Antetokounmpo

Average player salary - $7.13 million

The Milwaukee Bucks have had the talent to be a mean playoff team for the last couple of years, but its the appointment of former Greg Popovich protege and Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer that has catapulted the Bucks from first-round playoff fodder to a team primed to fight for the #1 seed in the Conference.

With Giannis playing at an MVP clip and Khris Middleton playing second fiddle admirably and the rest of the squad raining 3-pointers, the Bucks will be a problem for any team that crosses them in the playoffs.

Los Angeles Clippers - $121.38 million

Highest-paid player - Danilo Gallinari ($21 million)

Average player salary: $7.14 million

The Clippers have easily been the surprise of the season in the Western Conference so far. Owning a solid 17-13 record so far and primed to make the playoffs without a true first option offensively on any given night, the Clippers have proved that teams with a deep rotation can hold their own during the regular season, and ordinarily would make the playoffs both last season and this year if only they were in slightly kinder Conferences than what the Western Conference looks like right now - a Murderer's Row of playoff contenders.