Fans have heard too much about contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the NBA, but have you ever wondered who the lowest-paid player in the NBA is this season?
Let’s join Sporting News to learn about the lowest-paid player in the NBA this season.
Who is the lowest paid player in the NBA for the 2023/24 season?
The NBA is a generous tournament in salary, where players can receive contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars in just a few years. However, that is the income of the stars and the most experienced people. That salary is often applied to top stars that the audience can easily identify such as Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo or Kevin Durant.
Players with less experience and reputation will receive much lower contracts. And among them, Mouhamed Gueye is the lowest paid player in the 2023/24 season. He was only paid 1,119,563 USD (about 27.7 billion VND) by the Atlanta Hawks this season.
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The minimum salary for an NBA player this season is 1.1 million USD and the amount Gueye receives is almost the lowest possible. His yearly salary is not even equal to the odd number in Curry’s salary – the person with the highest salary in the NBA this season. The Golden State Warriors star receives a salary of 51,915,615 USD (about 1,286 billion VND) in the 2023/24 season.
Gueye was selected with the 39th pick of the 2nd round of the 2023 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He is currently playing for the College Park Skyhawks – the Hawks sub-team in the G-League.
Besides Gueye, there are 8 other players in the NBA who also have the same salary as him. They are all rookies selected in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft and signed with the club at the minimum salary bracket.
In the NBA, rookies selected in the second round often start their careers with very small contracts. MVP Finals 2023, Nikola Jokic was selected in the 41st pick in the 2014 NBA Draft also started with a very low salary, about 1.3 million USD.
Players with the lowest salaries in the NBA for the 2023/24 season
| Player | Team | Salary (USD) |
| Mouhamed Gueye | Atlanta Hawks | 1,119,563 |
| Jordan Walsh | Boston Celtics | 1,119,563 |
| Hunter Tyson | Denver Nuggets | 1,119,563 |
| Trayce Jackson-Davis | Golden State Warriors | 1,119,563 |
| Maxwell Lewis | Los Angeles Lakers | 1,119,563 |
| Andre Jackson Jr. | Milwaukee Bucks | 1,119,563 |
| Chris Livingston | Milwaukee Bucks | 1,119,563 |
| Filip Petrusev | Philadelphia 76ers | 1,119,563 |
| Toumani Camara | Phoenix Suns | 1,119,563 |
| Julian Phillips | Washington Wizards | 1,600,000 |
SEE MORE: Details about types of contracts in the NBA
