Eat grass and milk! These five NBA players use small money to do big things, and some even rookies lead the team to win the championship in the year

As we all know, in the NBA, the more capable the star is, the higher his salary will be. Like LeBron James, except for the four years of rookie, his salary is no less than 10 million yuan each year, and it is growing year by year. His annual salary has reached 50 million US dollars. For example, Michael Jordan, the salary he re-signed with the Bulls when he first came back has reached 30 million US dollars, which is equivalent to hundreds of millions of US dollars now, which is higher than the combined salary of other Bulls players. In this regard, someone may ask, are there any cases that are opposite to this rule? That is, are there super cost-effective players who use small money but do big things? There are indeed some. Today, I will take you to take a look at the players in NBA history who have graze and milked, have low salaries but have made great contributions to the team.

1. Stephen Curry (2014-2017 season)

The first grass-fed milking player on the list is the Warriors superstar Stephen Curry, and many fans probably know that he is on the list. It was he who renewed his contract with the Warriors in advance and signed a four-year, $44 million "child labor contract" in 2012. Although no one knows what will happen next, and even Stephen Curry himself feels that he has a potential for injury, so he signed this contract, but he did continue to evolve after signing this contract. Not only did he average 23.8 points and 7.7 assists per game, he led the team to the West, winning the regular season MVP trophy, but he also helped the team win the NBA championship trophy and became a giant in the league. With such a result, but only earning an annual salary of over 10 million US dollars, Stephen Curry can naturally be regarded as a typical case of a super cost-effective player who "eats grass and milks".

2. Elvin Johnson (1979-1983 season)

Except for the late-achieving "cost-performance players" like Stephen Curry, the players on the list are actually more superstars who are at their peak when they debut, that is, they show their super strength as soon as they enter the league, and they also hold low rookie contracts and lead the team to win the NBA championship. Among these players who debuted at their peak, "Magic" Elvin Johnson can be said to be the most famous example. As for why he said this, it is naturally because he is the only superstar in NBA history to win the FMVP trophy in his first year in the league. Yes, in the first year of entering the NBA, Elvin Johnson scored a huge number of 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 9.4 assists in the playoffs, helping the team to reach the Finals all the way. Then he also "exploded" on the stage of the finals, scoring 42+15+7 super data to help the team win the championship successfully. However, he only earned a rookie annual salary of $350,000, which is completely called a "super cost-effective player".

3.Larry Bird (1979-1984 season)

Since "Magician" Elvin Johnson is on the list, his "old enemy" Larry Bird is naturally also indispensable. After all, both of them are famous for their debut as the top players, and since they entered the NBA league, they have been fighting each other until they retired. Although Larry Bird did not achieve the feat of leading the team to win the championship in his first year in the league, he also averaged 21.3 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the NBA first year, helping the team to enter the playoffs. At the same time, he also led the team to win the championship in the third year of his career. He only earned an annual salary of 650,000 US dollars, and averaged 21.2 points, 10.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists in the playoffs to help the team win the championship and won the championship and won the FMVP.

4. Bill Russell (full career)

In fact, there are many players like Elvin Johnson and Larry Bird who are at their peak and performing super-sized in four years of rookies, but they often have four years of rookies, and the contracts they renew later become extremely huge, as if they want to make back all the money they lose in four years of rookies, and the cost-effectiveness is not that high. So the next players on the list are superstars who not only debuted at their peak, but also have a very cost-effective career.

Among them, "Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell undoubtedly meets the standards. First of all, he helped the team win the first championship with a super data averaged 14+24 per game in the second year of the rookie, and only received an annual salary of $9,000. Secondly, in the subsequent contract renewal, he only received a total salary of about 850,000 US dollars, which is only equivalent to the modern-day $10 million, which is very small. Of course, some fans may think that his salary is low, compared to the current ones, and it is a much higher salary in the league at that time. However, when Bill Russell renewed his contract with a maximum salary, he had already won many NBA championships. It can be said that he brought the popularity of the NBA league at that time, which was similar to Michael Jordan who made his first comeback. As mentioned above, Jordan directly renewed his contract with a contract of 30 million US dollars for the first time, which is equivalent to the total salary of other players in the team. In this way, Bill Russell is definitely a conscientious and cost-effective player.

5. Tim Duncan (full career)

Like Bill Russell, Tim Duncan is also a superstar with a very cost-effective career. As a superstar who helped the team win championships in the second year of his debut and helped the team win 5 NBA championships. Tim Duncan's career highest annual salary is only over 20 million yuan. Compared with super giants of the same level and contemporaries, it is completely lower than that. For example, Kobe Bryant, with a peak annual salary of $30 million and Kevin Garnett's peak annual salary of $28 million. According to statistics, Tim Duncan's career saved the Spurs' salary cut in total more than $50 million in salary space, which is also one of the reasons why he can help the team win 4 NBA championships after four years of rookie.