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#3 Scott Brooks - $7 million
A former NBA player for 10 seasons, a spell during which he won 2 championships with Hakeem Olajuwon's Rockets, Brooks' first taste of coaching came as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Stars, a team in American Basketball Association in the year 2001.
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His first bow in the NBA came as an assistant coach on the Denver Nuggets' staff for 3 seasons (2003-06). A one-year spell as an assistant for the Sacramento Kings (2006-07) preceded his eventual appointment to the same role with the Sonics.
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Brooks was announced as the head coach for the Sonics, now rebranded as the Oklahoma City Thunder, in 2008. He coached the Thunder for 7 seasons, in 5 of which they made the playoffs, including 3 Conference Finals appearances and one Finals loss to the Miami Heatles.
The Wizards appointed him as their head coach in 2016 at his current $7 million salary.
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