The 14th class light! Jokic s career salary is as high as US$420 million. What about Embiid and Wiggins of the same class

Although Jokic was not selected until the 11th pick in the second round when he participated in the draft in 2014, so many years have passed and he has obviously become the strongest player in his class. Even looking at all the players at the moment, he is one of the best among them. Especially in the past few years, Jokic's achievements are completely the only player among the players in the same period. Since 2021, he has been selected for the Best Team 4 times and has won 3 MVPs. In the 2022-2023 season, although Jokic failed to achieve the feat of three consecutive MVPs, he successfully led the Nuggets to win the championship that year, and he was elected as FMVP without any suspense. His performance of averaging 30 points, 13.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 1 block in the entire playoffs also demonstrated his dominance.

Because of this, Jokic has signed many large contracts, and his total salary in his career has reached 420 million US dollars. The most important thing is that Jokichi is 30 years old. He still has the opportunity to continue to refresh his total salary in his career. In this offseason, he can choose to sign a three-year, 212 million early contract renewal with the Nuggets, or he can wait until next year to discuss the renewal. At that time, he can even sign a four-year, super maximum salary worth $300 million.

In addition to Jokic in the 2014 class, there are actually many players in this class who have also made a name for themselves in the NBA, such as Embiid, Wiggins and others. Let’s take a look at how they have made their respective salary in the league and now!

4. Randall (190 million)

After the rookie contract ended, Randall knew that he would not get too many opportunities to stay in the Lakers, so he chose to join the Pelicans with a two-year and 18 million contract in 2018. Although his salary is not very large, he is expected to get more ball rights here. As it turns out, Randall's decision was still very wise. He averaged 21.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game in the Pelicans, so he jumped out of the contract and signed a three-year, 63 million contract with the Knicks in the offseason. In the 2020-2021 season, Randall was selected as the All-Star with his average of 24.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 6 assists per game. While leading the team to the playoffs, he was also selected into the All-Squad, and he was able to renew his contract with the Knicks in advance with a four-year, $117 million contract in the offseason. However, at that time, due to Randall's poor performance in the playoffs, the outside world complained a lot of his strength. Until he joined the Timberwolves this season, he finally proved himself. He averaged 21.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game in the playoffs, and the team also reached the Western Conference Finals again.

In this way, Randle has the confidence to break out of the contract in the offseason. Judging from the strength he has shown this season and his peak age, it can be said that his average salary for the next contract exceeds 35 million.

3. Wiggins (280 million)

As the No. 1 pick in the 2014 class, Wiggins is still very talented, but after entering the league, he did not develop in the direction people expected. After playing for nearly 6 seasons with the Timberwolves, Wiggins only helped the team to score one playoffs during this period. Although he averaged 23.6 points, 4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in his best performance, he was not selected into the All-Star or the Best Team due to the team's poor record. After joining the Warriors, Wiggins began to transform. He is no longer the team's offensive core and has devoted more energy to defense. Although this did not make Wiggins a better player, this style of play is more conducive to helping the Warriors win the championship. In 2022, they also successfully defeated the Celtics and won the championship trophy. In the regular season, Wiggins was selected as the only All-Star with the Warriors' popularity.

At that time, Wiggins was very happy to be able to continue playing with the Warriors, so he would rather reduce his salary than sign a four-year, 109 million contract extension with the team. However, because the Warriors' overall strength has been declining, the Warriors have made changes this season. They exchanged chips such as Wiggins who held a super value contract for Butler. However, judging from the current situation, Wiggins may not always stay here to play, and many teams who are striving to compete for the championship are interested in getting him through trades.

2. LaVine (US$300 million)

The reason why LaVine is so high is that he relies on the 5-year maximum salary of 215 million yuan signed with the Bulls in 2022, which has also made him one of the representatives of premium stars in the league in recent years. This is why the Bulls finally got rid of his big contract until this season. After joining the Kings, LaVin averaged 22.4 3.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, but his chemistry with the team was not good. In the end, they failed to make the playoffs. LaVin's contract has two seasons left, so it can be predicted that if the Kings don't have a trade in the future, their strength will still be difficult to improve.

1. Embiid (514 million)

In 2014, Embiid was selected in the third pick in the first round. From the beginning, the 76ers had high hopes for him. Even though he did not officially enter the NBA due to injury in the early days, the team has never lost confidence in him. After Embiid finally was able to play, he proved with his personal performance that the Sixers did not wait for him in vain. In his first season of his career, he averaged 20.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.5 blocks per game in 25.4 minutes. As a large center, his scoring methods were quite rare at that time. Therefore, in the offseason in 2017, the team signed a five-year, 148 million early contract renewal with him for 5 years, 148 million yuan..

Later, Embiid was constantly improving his strength. In the 2020-2021 season, Embiid averaged 28.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1 steal and 1.4 blocks per game. So the team decisively signed a four-year, 196 million contract with him in advance during the offseason. After that, Embiid completely reached the peak. In the 2022-2023 season, he averaged 33.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1 steal and 1.7 blocks per game, thereby successfully defeating Jokic and getting the MVP. At the same time, he also won the scoring champion for the second consecutive year.

Embid still continued his dominance in the 2023-2024 season. He averaged 34.7 points, 11 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.7 blocks per game in the regular season, but due to injury, he only played 39 games in the regular season and also fought with injuries in the playoffs. In the end, the team fell in the first round again. In fact, since Embiid entered the league, he has suffered more injuries than many stars. As of now, he has played 68 games in the season with the most regular season games. However, even so, the 76ers are still willing to continue to believe Embiid.

The 76ers and Embiid signed this three-year, 193 million early contract renewal contract, which successfully surpassed Jokic in his career and became the most player in the same class. However, Embiid was plagued by injuries in the first season after the contract renewal. He only played 19 games in the regular season and was reimbursed. Considering that he is 31 years old, it is still unknown whether he can return to the peak in the future. In this case, his contract may even become a premium contract.