With the 2023 NBA Draft just a few hours away, we’ll dive into the top earning NBA player from each first round draft slot in league history (for a minute).

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#1 Overall

LeBron James, $431,859,107, 2003

Drafted in 2003 LeBron has been one of the (very) rare examples of living up to the #1 hype and then some. He'll bag another $46.9M this upcoming season, with a $50.6M player option awaiting next summer, putting him in the running to surpass $500M on the court.

#2 Overall

Kevin Durant, $350,297,591, 2007

The second pick behind Greg Oden in 2007, Durant has now signed 7 contracts in the NBA. His current deal in Phoenix holds another $150M to be earning, putting him just under $500M in total.

#3 Overall

James Harden, $301,660,574, 2009

Harden went to OKC behind Blake Griffin & Hasheem Thabeet in 2009 and is currently an unrestricted free agent at age 33. There's a world where he locks in another $210M with another max contract this summer.

#4 Overall

Chris Paul, $359,109,419, 2005

The three players drafted ahead of Chris Paul in 2005 (Andrew Bogut, Marvin Williams, Deron Williams) combined to earn $398M in their careers. Paul is now guaranteed $25M in 2023-24, though his contract status is very much up in the air with the recent trade to Washington.

#5 Overall

Kevin Love, $265,818,402, 2008

Love just finished his 4th contract in the league, spanning 15 seasons with 3 organizations. He was selected 5th in 2008 behind Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, OJ Mayo, & Russell Westbrook.

#6 Overall

Damian Lillard, $233,708,358, 2012

Dame has earned over $233M in just 11 NBA seasons (drafted in 2012), averaging over $21M per year thus far. He's guaranteed another $216.2M through 2026-27 - no matter where he's playing from here out.

#7 Overall

Stephen Curry, $302,806,362, 2009

Steph was selected 4 picks behind James Harden in 2009, but has now (barely) surpassed him in career earnings (despite an extremely team friendly rookie extension back in 2013 (4 years, $44M). Curry's current deal will carry him over the $470M earned mark after 2025-26.

#8 Overall

Rudy Gay, $174,781,320, 2006

It's been a tough go from the #8 spot historically speaking, but so was the entire 2006 draft to be perfectly fair. Gay's $174M is the 4th most earned out of that draft class, behind only Kyle Lowry (#24, $245M), LaMarcus Aldridge (#2 overall, $213M), & Paul Millsap (#47 overall, $192M).

#9 Overall

Gordon Hayward, $236,884,749, 2010

Hayward is entering a contract year in Charlotte, set to finish out his 4th NBA deal in 2023-24. He'll increase his career earnings north of $268M, and should soar past $300M with a new deal next summer.

#10 Overall

Paul George, $259,692,078, 2010

The 8x All Star, 6x All-NBA #10 pick in the 2010 draft was selected immediately after Gordon Hayward, and holds future salaries of $45.6M & a $48.7M player option on his current contract.

#11 Overall

Klay Thompson, $222,944,784, 2011

Thompson enters a contract year in 2023-24, set to earn a fully guaranteed $43.2M in Golden Sate, raising his career earnings north of $266M.

#12 Overall

Steven Adams, $145,144,832, 2013

Adams was the 4th center drafted in 2013 (Cody Zeller, Alex Len, Nerlens Noel), but he's nearly out-earned them all combinen to date. He holds another $25.2M fully guaranteed through the 2024-25 season.

#13 Overall

Devin Booker, $130,516,653, 2015

Don't be deceived by the $130M next to Booker's name right now. There's another $260M fully guaranteed coming down the pipeline, putting him inline to hold this top spot at #13 overall for years to come.

#14 Overall

Marcus Morris Sr., $89,249,640, 2011

Enjoy seeing Marcus Morris here for a minute, because the $104M fully guaranteed (and plenty more to come) on Bam Adebayo's deal will takeover the top spot this time next year.

#15 Overall

Kawhi Leonard, $230,926,127, 2011

It's been 4 seasons since Leonard helped the Raptors snag an unlikely title, and he's earned over $146M since then. His current deal in LA holds a $45.6M salary for the upcoming season, and a $48.7M player option thereafter, putting him on pace for $325M earned on the court.

#16 Overall

Nikola Vucevic, $154,338,639, 2011

Vucevic just completed his 3rd NBA contract, pulling his earnings north of $150M on the court. The 32 year old will be seeking another multi-year guarantee on the open market this summer.

#17 Overall

Jrue Holiday, $219,128,885, 2009

As it currently stands, Jrue Holiday is set to earn $291M through the 2024-25 season. He just posted near career numbers at 32 years old, making it perfectly plausible to believe he can be a $300M player when it's all said and done.

#18 Overall

Eric Bledsoe, $128,052,507, 2010

A solid 12 year career was dampened by a buyout/stretch of his final contract by Portland, but he's a $130M+ player no matter what.

#19 Overall

Tobias Harris, $209,233,355, 2011

There's been plenty said about the amount of money Tobias Harris has been earning over the past 4 seasons, but he'll be a $250M player at 31 years old. There's plenty of room for more in this career.

#20 Overall

Evan Fournier, $126,527,226, 2012

Fournier is (likely) finishing out his 3rd contract in 2023-24, with $18.8M still to be earned as a role player for the Knicks. The 30-year-old can probably latch on as a depth piece for a few more seasons, carrying him north of $150M when it's all said and done.

#21 Overall

Rajon Rondo, $115,777,250, 2006

Rondo's 16 year career included 9 contracts, culminating with a 5 year, $55M rookie scale extension from the Celtics back in 2009.

#22 Overall

Courtney Lee, $74,196,509, 2008

The second-lowest earning draft pick in the first round, Lee sits atop the #22 list despite a max salary of just $11.9M in his 12 year career. Jarrett Allen is coming for this spot quickly.

#23 Overall

Tayshaun Prince, $80,448,048, 2002

Prince only eclipsed the $10M+ mark in annual cash earned twice in his 14 seasons, but he might hold this spot for a few more seasons regardless.

#24 Overall

Kyle Lowry, $245,366,160, 2006

Easily the top earning player picked outside of the Top 10, Lowry is set to finish out his 6th NBA contract in 2023-24. He'll tack on another $29.6M (fully guaranteed), bringing his career total north of $275M.

#25 Overall

Nicolas Batum, $187,412,357, 2008

Batum was bought out of a contract 3 years ago, and has since locked in almost $32M, a remarkable turnaround. He'll wind up a $200M+ earning player when it's said and done.

#26 Overall

George Hill, $112,353,436, 2008

Hill completed his 5th NBA contract this season, but has only eclipsed the $10M mark twice in 15 seasons.

#27 Overall

Rudy Gobert, $176,207,582, 2013

Gobert may never do historic things on the court, but amassing $300M out of the #27 draft slot puts him in extremely rare air. He's guaranteed $131.4M through 2025-26, when he'll be 33 years old.

#28 Overall

Tony Parker, $165,843,436, 2001

The tail end of Parker's career benefited from the boost in NBA salaries that has taken things to unforeseeable levels of late. It'll take another decent contract for Jordan Poole to have Parker supplanted out of this spot soon.

#29 Overall

Cory Joseph, $71,183,160, 2011

The #29 pick holds the lowest earning player on this list, but Derrick White & Dejounte Murray are coming for this spot soon (barely).

#30 Overall

Jimmy Butler, $218,065,231, 2011

By the time the 2025-26 season is completed, the #30 overall pick will have one of the top earning players in the history of the game attached to it. Butler has salaries of $45.1M, $48.8M, & $52.4M ahead of him still, locking in over $364M for his career.

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NBA Twitter is an…interesting place. Yeah, let’s say interesting. That works. Once and while, amid all the incessant GOAT talk, blatant player stanning and outright name-calling, a really good point emerges from the muck. In the afternoon of Monday, June 19, one of those good points found its way to the surface.

Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (great independent coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers) noted that Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans linked up on a high-profile trade in recent years when C.J. McCollum was trades to the Pelicans. This came up amidst the rumors that New Orleans is attempting to trade up to get the third overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft that Portland currently owns.

Matt Moore of Action Network noted in a quote tweet of Sean’s original tweet that pre-existing relationships between front office decision makers and teams matters more than most realize. Here’s the interaction from Sean and Matt:

Pre-existing relationships matter a lot more than is talked about. https://t.co/OZ2dK6Zo14

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) June 19, 2023

We’ve noted here on Spotrac before that some teams are more regular trade partners than others. But the interaction between Sean and Matt got us wondering: Just how often do certain general managers trade together?

We pulled the list of all of the current primary front office decision makers and examined how often they’ve traded with each other. The results were pretty interesting, so we’re sharing them here.

A few notes on the data:

• From this point forward, we’ll refer to the primary front office decision maker as the GM. NBA titles range from the traditional GM title to Vice President to President, and probably eventually Supreme Overlord of Basketball Ops. For simplicity’s sake, we’re going with GM from here on out.

• We compared GMs in their current job only. For example, Danny Ainge was the GM of the Boston Celtics from May of 2003 to June of 2021. But in this sample, we’re only looking at Ainge’s tenure running the Utah Jazz front office starting in December of 2021.

• We only looked at current GMs who have made trades together while in their current roles. For example, Danny Ainge and Pat Riley hooked up for a handful of deals while running the Celtics and Miami Heat, respectively. However, the two have yet to make a deal during the time Ainge has run the Jazz front office.

• This data set includes a lot of three-team trades, several four-team trades and even a five-time trade. In that situation, we gave credit for each of the teams as having traded with each other, even if they didn’t directly send something to one of the other teams in a multi-team deal. The reason is that the trade likely falls apart without the participation of all parties involved.

• The Golden State Warriors and Washington Wizards are both working with new front office leaders. The Warriors have no trades in the set, but we went ahead and connected the Wizards with the Phoenix Suns, because of the pending Bradley Beal-Chris Paul trade.

• We only went back as far as 2013, as we figured a 10-year sample was enough for these purposes.

• All the data is courtesy of the amazing executive records on Basketball Reference. For example, here’s Sam Presti of the Seattle SuperSonics and Oklahoma City Thunder’s long and extensive transaction record. (If you think that just an excuse to include the Seattle SuperSonics, you would be correct!)

With all those notes called out, here is our GM list and the month and year they started in their current position:

• Landry Fields – Atlanta Hawks – December, 2022

• Brad Stevens – Boston Celtics – June, 2021

• Sean Marks – Brooklyn Nets – February, 2016

• Mitch Kupchak – Charlotte Hornets – April, 2018

• Arturas Karnisovas – Chicago Bulls – April, 2020

• Koby Altman – Cleveland Cavaliers – June, 2017

• Nico Harrison – Dallas Mavericks – June, 2021

• Calvin Booth – Denver Nuggets – May, 2022

• Troy Weaver – Detroit Pistons – June, 2020

• Mike Dunleavy Jr. – Golden State Warriors – June, 2023

• Rafael Stone – Houston Rockets – October, 2020

• Kevin Pritchard – Indiana Pacers – May, 2017

• Lawrence Frank – LA Clippers – August, 2017

• Rob Pelinka – Los Angeles Lakers – April, 2019

• Zach Kleiman – Memphis Grizzlies – April, 2019

• Pat Riley – Miami Heat – September, 1995

• Jon Horst – Milwaukee Bucks – June, 2017

• Tim Connelly – Minnesota Timberwolves – May, 2022

• David Griffin – New Orleans Pelicans – April, 2019

• Leon Rose – New York Knicks – March, 2020

• Sam Presti – Oklahoma City Thunder – June, 2007

• Jeff Weltman – Orlando Magic – May, 2017

• Daryl Morey – Philadelphia 76ers – November, 2020

• James Jones – Phoenix Suns – October, 2018

• Joe Cronin – Portland Trail Blazers – December, 2021

• Monte McNair – Sacramento Kings – October, 2020

• Brian Wright – San Antonio Spurs – July, 2019

• Masai Ujiri – Toronto Raptors – May, 2013

• Danny Ainge – Utah Jazz – December, 2021

• Michael Winger – Washington Wizards – May, 2023

Most Common Trade Partners

Of our 30 GM set (really 29 because Mike Dunleavy Jr. hasn’t swung his first deal yet), there were 12 teams that have hooked up with another team (under their current GM) for at least three trades. The GMs and teams that have been trade partners the most are:

• Sean Marks (Nets) and Kevin Pritchard (Pacers) – 4 times

• Kevin Pritchard (Pacers) and Jon Horst (Bucks) – 4 times

• Leon Rose (Knicks) and Sam Presti (Thunder) – 4 times

• Brad Stevens (Celtics) and Brian Wright (Spurs) – 3 times

• Mitch Kupchak (Hornets) and Leon Rose (Knicks) – 3 times

• Troy Weaver (Pistons) and Leon Rose (Knicks) – 3 times

• Kevin Pritchard (Pacers) and James Jones (Suns) – 3 times

• Rob Pelinka (Lakers) and Jeff Weltman (Magic) – 3 times

Some commonalities that group shares are length of time in role. Marks, Pritchard, Horst, Presti and Weltman have all been in their role since at least 2017. That helps with building relationships across the league with a lot of the other GMs. Kupchak, and Jones have held their spots since 2018. Only Rose, Stevens, Wright, Weaver and Pelinka have been running their front offices for less than five years, but they’ve all been around the NBA in other capacities for years.

You probably noticed that Pritchard and Rose showed up three different times. They clearly like doing business with the same partners. As a matter of fact, of Pritchard’s 24 trades, nearly half have been done with the combination of the Nets, Bucks and Suns. In Rose’s three-plus years leading the Knicks, he’s done 17 trades and 10 of them have been with the combination of the Thunder, Hornets and Pistons.

Probably not surprisingly due to tenure in their role, the GMs with the most deals made within their current peer group are:

• Sam Presti – 27 total trades with 18 different teams

• Sean Marks – 25 total trades with 15 different teams

• Kevin Pritchard – 24 total trades with 13 different teams

• Lawrence Frank – 22 total trades with 16 different teams

A handful of GMs have done relatively few deals within their current peer group. Most have been in their current role for two or fewer years, with a few notable exceptions:

• Arturas Karnisovas – five total trades with five different teams

• Daryl Morey – eight total trades with seven different teams

• Masai Ujiri – eight total trades with six different teams

Now, it’s fair to point out that some GMs who have had led several different teams, probably have wider-ranging common trade partners from previous roles. And those who were assistant general managers have also built relationships across the league, especially since a lot of the actual trade talks start with the assistant GMs.

This wasn’t meant to be a be-all, end-all analysis. The idea was to see if there is anything to the idea of GMs linking up with the same peers for multiple trades. Considering 12 GMs have gone back to the same well at least three times, it’s fair to say it’s a theory that holds water.

So, when you hear a rumor that the Pacers and Nets or Pacers and Bucks or Knicks and Thunder are talking trade together, it’s probably fair to put a bit more stock in something getting done.

However, it’s also important to note that the list of common trade partners also includes some front offices that are notoriously leak-proof. Which is likely a big part of why they keep finding their way back to each other to get deals done. They know they won’t be negotiating through the media, because they can trust their partner on the other side.

Wyndham Clark wins the U.S. Open. This is Clark's second win of the season as well as his second career PGA Tour win. He earns $3.6 million for the 2023 season; his on-course earnings are now at $10.09 million and his career total is $15.11 million.

U.S. Open Top 10 Payouts

1. Wyndham Clark: $3,600,000

T2. Rory McIlroy: $2,160,000

3. Scottie Scheffler: $1,413,430

4. Cameron Smith: $990,867

T5. Tommy Fleetwood, Min Woo Lee, Rickie Fowler: $738,934

T8. Harris English, Tom Kim: $562,809

T10. Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Austin Eckroat, Dustin Johnson: $435,018

Full Results

2023 Earnings Leaders Update

1. Scottie Scheffler: $17,706,725

2. Jon Rahm: $15,210,984

3. Wyndham Clark: $10,092,979

4. Viktor Hovland: $9,685,096

5. Rory McIlroy: $8,994,758

Full List

Only a few days after it was reported the Washington Wizards would work with Bradley Beal on finding a trade, the team found one. Washington is sending Beal to the Phoenix Suns for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet and still-to-be-reported collection of second-round picks and pick swaps.

Let’s break down the first major move of the 2023 NBA offseason!

(NOTE: This article will be updated if the deal expands into a three-team trade sending Chris Paul to a team other than Washington.)

The Mechanics

From a salary cap, trade rules and salary-matching perspective, this is a fascinating trade. This trade is presumably being made as a part of the 2022-23 league year, which means the salaries used on both sides are more complex than your standard deal.

On one side, the Wizards are trading one of the largest salaries in the NBA in Bradley Beal’s $43,279,250 contract for the 2022-23 season. On the Suns side, Landry Shamet’s $9,250,000 deal is also a simple one.

It’s Chris Paul, and the nature of his partially guaranteed contract for 2023-24 season, where things get complicated. Because Paul’s deal is only partially guaranteed, he counts at different amounts as outgoing and incoming salary in a trade.

On the Wizards side as incoming money, Paul counts at his 2022-23 salary of $28.4 million, because we’re still in that league year. On the Suns side, Phoenix needs to bump his guarantee amount for next season to make this trade legal. At the current $15.8 million, the Suns would have been about $12 million shy of matching salary for Beal. Because of that, Paul’s guarantee will be bumped to just over $25 million. That will allow for the outgoing salary-matching to be enough to bring in Beal.

For Beal, he has a 15% trade bonus in his contract that no longer applies. Because that bonus would take him over his max salary, it will be automatically waived. On the flip side, Beal’s no-trade clause (the only negotiated NTC in the NBA), will carry over to the Suns and remain intact.

As for the draft picks, the Suns have all of their own second-round selections from 2023 (it’s pick #52) through 2028 (they owe 2029 to the Oklahoma City Thunder). Phoenix can also offer Washington the ability to swap first-round picks in 2024 and 2026. The Suns can’t trade a first-round pick, as they owe their 2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029 picks to the Brooklyn Nets from the Kevin Durant trade. The Stepien Rule prohibits teams from trading away future first-round picks in consecutive drafts, blocking Phoenix from adding anything beyond pick swaps into this deal.

The Suns

If we focus simply on the basketball factors, the Suns did quite well in this trade. Bradley Beal is very, very good. He’s one of the best scorers in the NBA. He’s also a better playmaker than he generally gets credit for. There isn’t a team in the NBA that can match the scoring/shooting trio of Beal alongside Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.

The fit isn’t perfect. All three players are score-first guys who can also pass. It’s going to take a little while to iron that out. What helps is Durant has played with other good scorers and shooters for his entire career. Booker has played with Durant some, but also alongside a ball dominant point guard in Chris Paul. They both know how to work off-ball, as does Beal, who spent his formative NBA years playing alongside John Wall in Washington, and also with Russell Westbrook for a season.

All three of Durant, Booker and Beal can shoot, which also helps. In other recent “Big 3” groupings, there has historically been one player who isn’t much of a threat without the ball. That won’t be a problem with this trio.

Assuming everything gets ironed out on the court, where things go could go sideways on the Suns is with depth, injuries and the cap sheet. And all three are tangled together like a Gordian knot. But there’s no case of swordsmanship to solve this problem.

Barring further adjustments to this deal, Phoenix only has five players under contract. Durant, Booker and Beal are joined by Deandre Ayton and Cameron Payne as signed for next season. And that quintet combines to make $169.4 million. That’s a scant $10.1 million below the projected Super Tax of $179.5 million, with 10 roster spots to fill.

That means that Phoenix is going to be closer to the actual Sun than they are to the Super Tax line when all is said and done.

Even if the Suns break up Ayton’s $32.5 million deal into two or three contracts and players, they’ll still likely take back as much money as they send out, if not more. And they’ll need to sign at least nine players if they don’t trade Ayton in a 1-for-3 kind of deal.

Because they won’t have the Taxpayer MLE, by virtue of being over the Super Tax, and they don’t have a first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Phoenix will be limited to re-signing their own players and adding new players on minimum deals.

In effect, this is the first “new team” test of the new CBA and it’s going to play out live in front of us.

Because of their limited ability to bring in outside help, it could make it more likely that Phoenix will re-sign their own free agents like Torrey Craig, Bismack Biyombo and Jock Landale, who they have Early Bird rights for. That allows the Suns to give each of them a potentially bigger-than-expected bump in pay. As long as James Jones doesn’t go too far in raises for those three, he could turn them into valuable pieces of salary-matching for future trades down the line.

Phoenix has full Bird rights on pending restricted Darius Bazley, and he could also see a contract that comes in a bit richer than it was thought. Again, the idea would be to push the boundaries of what keeps Bazley a tradable asset in such a re-signing.

The Suns other free agents are all coming off minimum deals, but guys like Damion Lee, Josh Okogie, T.J. Warren and Terrence Ross can all still play. All could be candidates to return for the minimum. The same is true of Ishmail Wainright, who Phoenix has a team option for.

As for outside help, barring an Ayton trade, it’s going to come in the form of veteran minimum deals. But with plenty of rotation spots available and a chance to contend for a title, the Suns should be able to pick off a few value signings to fill out their bench. This will likely happen after the first wave or two of free agency passes, all the cap space is gone and teams are left with parts of Mid-Level and Room Exceptions to offer. At that point, a veteran minimum deal from a contender in Phoenix looks pretty good.

And that depth is going to be needed, because none of Durant, Booker or Beal has a sterling track record when it comes to health. All are a good bet to miss a decent chunk of time. Without quality backups, injuries could be this team’s ultimate Achilles heel.

Long-term, the Suns have a lot of money locked in. As a matter of fact, it’s nearly ¾ of a billion dollars (billion with a B) in guaranteed money on the Phoenix cap sheet through 2027-28. The Suns will owe Deandre Ayton, Bradley Beal, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant over $723 million combined.

That’s a staggering figure. Yes, the cap is going up, but the Suns will be dealing with the Super Tax for at least the next three to four seasons.

Bradley Beal is a better player than Chris Paul, even factoring in injury history. The fit is a little weird, but the Suns should be able to make it work. And they better, given the roster restrictions and cash commitment they’ve put on themselves for the next few years.

The Wizards

Washington’s part in all of this is far less complex than Phoenix’s is. The Wizards essentially salary-dumped Bradley Beal less than a year after handing him a five-year, $251 million dollar contract.

Chris Paul is still a good player, but he’s never going to suit up for Washington. He’ll either be traded in an expanded version of this deal, or traded in a separate deal, or waived. Landry Shamet is a fine role player, but who knows if he’ll ever play any sort of meaningful role for the Wizards? He could be flipped in a trade too.

The draft picks are nothing to write home about. Swaps only matter if you think you’ll be a better team in the years you hold the swaps. Maybe that happens here, maybe it doesn’t. It’s a good way off. Second-rounder picks have more value in this new Super Tax world, but only if you’re a super expensive team.

And there’s the key.

The Wizards are no longer going to be super expensive. At least not for a while.

Washington’s new front office, led by Michael Winger and Will Dawkins, was very open that they were given permission by team governor Ted Leonsis to rebuild, if they thought that was the best way forward. After years and years of being content to play for the middle, the Wizards are finally rebuilding.

The most long-term money that Washington has committed moving forward belongs to Daniel Gafford, who is owed just over $40 million through 2025-26. That’s relative peanuts for a starting-level center.

Kyle Kuzma is going to opt out for next season, and he’s probably leaving town, given where the Wizards are heading. Kristaps Porzingis may opt in for $36 million, as there are reports he may want that money now and to take his chances in free agency next summer. Even if Washington can’t find a deal for Porzingis, and they should be able to without much worry (Porzingis played at an All-Star level last year and stayed healthy), his deal will come off the books next season.

If they play their cards right, Washington can hit the summer of 2024 with somewhere between $26 and $40 million in committed salary on their books. That would leave the Wizards able to create between $75 and $90 million in potential cap space.

Talk about increased flexibility.

Now, cap space often turns into nothing more than broken dreams. But to even have the ability to have those cap space induced dreams is a win for the Wizards.

Every four to eight years we get told that our nation’s capital is ushering in a fresh start. For the past decade-plus, that’s never included the team that plays in Washington D.C. It’s always been same old, same old. We finally got that fresh start. And it’s going to be exciting to see what that fresh start brings for the Washington Wizards.

A handful of players got a jump on “option season” already. Danuel House Jr. of the Philadelphia 76ers and Otto Porter Jr. of the Toronto Raptors exercised their player options to return to their teams well ahead of their due dates. Fred VanVleet of the Raptors chose to decline his player option a few days ahead of his player option due date.

As a point of order, a player or team option isn’t really declined. It’s simply not exercised. A player must exercise, or opt in, to his option year, while a team must take the same action when they have control. The lone exception here is an Early Termination Option. For an ETO, a player must decline or opt out. No action would result in that player staying under contract.

With three decisions already made, we’re going to take a shot at predicting what happens with the remaining 40 player and team options.

Atlanta Hawks

No pending options

Boston Celtics

Danilo Gallinari - $6.8M player option

Gallinari is coming off a torn ACL that cost him the entirety of the 2022-23 season. He’s going to pick up this option and will hopefully debut for Boston this coming fall.

Mike Muscala - $3.5M team option

The Celtics are likely to pick up their option for Muscala and bring him back next season. They invested two second-round picks in a trade for him at the 2022 trade deadline. He’ll be back to provide depth up front in Boston.

Brooklyn Nets

No pending options

Charlotte Hornets

No pending options

Chicago Bulls

Andre Drummond - $3.4M player option

Drummond will reportedly pick his option up. That makes sense, as this is a bit more than he’d make on veteran minimum deal in free agency. He could also have a bigger role with Chicago, pending what happens with Nikola Vucevic.

Derrick Jones Jr. - $3.4M player option

Jones is in roughly the same boat as Drummond, and he’ll also reportedly pick up his option. Considering he’d probably get a veteran minimum deal elsewhere, picking up his option gets Jones a bit more money now.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Lamar Stevens - $1.9M team option

This one is a real decision. Stevens showed he can be an NBA rotation player next year, so the Cavs would love to keep him around. If they pick up their option, he’ll be an unrestricted free agent in 2024. There’s probably not enough of a worry to necessitate handing restricted free agency now. Stevens will be back on his minimum deal.

Dallas Mavericks

No pending options

Denver Nuggets

Bruce Brown - $6.8M player option

Brown is going to opt out. The real question: Will he stay in Denver? Following the Nuggets winning the title, Brown said he wants to stay. The challenge is Denver can only offer him $7.8 million using his Non-Bird rights. This could be a Bobby Portis in Milwaukee type of situation. Play one more year on an under-market deal, then the Nuggets take care of Brown with Early Bird rights in the summer of 2024.

Detroit Pistons

Alec Burks - $10.5M team option

The Pistons didn’t trade Burks at the deadline, because they valued his veteran game with their young team. It’s hard to imagine much has changed. Look for Detroit to pick up their option for Burks and for him to be a part of things…at least until next trade season.

Isaiah Livers - $1.8M team option

Livers has shown enough flashes that he should be back for the minimum. Detroit will pick this option up and Livers will get another chance to earn a rotation spot this summer and in camp.

Eugene Omoruyi - $1.9M team option

Omoruyi can play, but the Pistons will probably decline his option. That doesn’t mean he might not be back, but for now the roster spot and the cap space are more important for Detroit.

Golden State Warriors

Donte DiVincenzo - $4.7M player option

DiVincenzo got squeezed a bit in free agency, but made the most of it. He bounced back to have a very good year. The Warriors won’t be able to offer him much of a raise if he opts out, but DiVincenzo will probably test the market and see if there’s more out there for him this summer.

Draymond Green - $27.6M player option

Green is widely expected to opt out. The question is if he’ll re-sign with the Warriors or not. The best guess here is that Green opts out and re-signs on a long-term deal, but one that allows Golden State some flexibility at the end.

Houston Rockets

Kenyon Martin Jr. - $1.9M team option

 This one depends on what the Rockets overall free agency plans are. If they are continuing with the rebuild, they probably decline Martin’s option. That would allow them to control the process in restricted free agency, as they work out a long-term deal with Martin. If Houston is chasing veterans with their cap space, they should pick up Martin’s option as a cheaper depth player. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent in 2024 that way, but that’s a risk worth taking if using cap space on win-now players this summer.

Indiana Pacers

No pending options

LA Clippers

No pending options

Los Angeles Lakers

Malik Beasley - $16.5M team option

Beasley never really found a groove with the Lakers, but he’s still a good shooter/scorer off the bench. Los Angeles looks increasingly less likely to go the cap space route, which means they’ll pick up this option for Beasley. He can be a rotation guy next season and, if nothing else, a nice piece of salary-matching in a later trade.

Memphis Grizzlies

Xavier Tillman Sr. - $1.9M team option

This is another situation where declining the option makes the player a restricted free agent, while picking it up makes him unrestricted a year from now. Tillman is probably never going to be a primary target in free agency, so there’s no need worry about controlling his free agent process. Memphis should pick this option up and keep Tillman for frontcourt depth.

Miami Heat

Victor Oladipo - $9.5M player option

Oladipo will pick this option up. There was a point where that would have been just fine with the Heat. Then Oladipo suffered another serious knee injury. Now, that’s some money Miami will have to work around on their books in what looks like a very important summer of re-signings and other moves.

Milwaukee Bucks

Jevon Carter - $2.2M player option

Carter will likely opt out of this deal, as it’s less than he could make by signing for the veteran minimum. Carter could find more than that from a guard-needy team in free agency. At the very least, he can re-sign with the Bucks for the minimum and do this dance again next summer.

Khris Middleton - $40.4M player option

On one hand, $40.4M is a lot for Middleton to opt out of. This is even more true with the news that he underwent another knee surgery shortly after the season. On the other hand, Middleton is one of the better free agents available this summer. He’ll opt out and recoup this money by signing for less next season, but by adding several years on a new deal. The question: Will that be with the Bucks or someone else?

Minnesota Timberwolves

Nathan Knight - $1.9M team option

Knight is a handy depth piece, and not someone other teams will target in free agency. Much like Xavier Tillman Sr. in Memphis, the Wolves would be smart to pick up their option and worry about unrestricted free agency later.

New Orleans Pelicans

Willy Hernangomez - $2.6M team option

The Pelicans value Hernangomez as a stay-ready center option and as a locker room influence. New Orleans has no realistic shot at cap space, so there’s no reason to not bring back Hernangomez.

Herb Jones - $1.8M team option

Jones is in a bit of a weird spot. He’s worth WAY more than a minimum deal, as an All-Defense level of player. But the Pelicans don’t have to give him that right now. Given how expensive New Orleans’ roster already is, and the fact that Jones can still be a restricted free agent in 2024, look for the Pels to pick up this option and have Jones as one of the best values in the NBA next season.

Naji Marshall - $1.9M team option

Marshall is in a bit of a different spot than Jones. He’ll be unrestricted next summer if New Orleans picks up their option for him this year. He’s improved each year, so exposing him to unrestricted free agency is a bit of a risk. Look for the Pelicans to decline the option, make Marshall a restricted free agent this summer and then to work out a longer deal.

New York Knicks

Josh Hart - $12.9M player option

Hart has one of the NBA’s most unique contracts, in that he can opt in, but his deal then becomes fully non-guaranteed. It’s like an MLB mutual option. But that doesn’t really matter, as Hart has said he plans to opt out. That makes sense, as he’ll get more money and more years on a new deal.

Miles McBride - $1.8M team option

The Knicks will pick up this option for McBride and will bring him back for minimum money. He’s a good third point guard and he’s a value play for a roster that is starting to get expensive.

Derrick Rose - $15.6M team option

Luxury tax concerns will drive the decision to decline Rose’s option for New York. The Knicks are dancing around the tax line, and that’s before re-signing Hart, which they intend to do. That means Rose’s option will be declined. But he could always re-sign for far less money as a free agent, if New York thinks he has anything left.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Lindy Waters III - $1.9M team option

What the Thunder do with Waters’ team option will be a signal for their free agency plans. If they decline it, OKC is probably looking at using their cap space to sign or trade for someone. If they pick it up, they’ll let Waters go into training camp to fight for a spot on a roster that will add Chet Holmgren and another player through the draft.

Orlando Magic

Goga Bitadze - $2.1M team option

The Magic are looking at creating a good amount of cap space. They like Bitadze, but to maximize that space, they need to let him go. He could always return later in free agency.

Michael Carter-Williams - $3.1M team option

It was great to see Carter-Williams make his way back to the NBA after an ankle injury. Orlando might bring him back to compete for a roster spot in training camp, but that will come after declining this option.

Admiral Schofield - $1.9M team option

Schofield earned his callup from a two-way deal, but it may be somewhat short-lived. Again, because of cap space being a priority, Schofield will likely have his option declined. Like Bitadze and Carter-Williams, he could be back to fight for a roster spot in training camp.

Philadelphia 76ers

James Harden - $35.6M player option

Here we go again, but in very different circumstances. Harden pulled a bit of a surprise by opting out and taking less last summer to allow Philadelphia to sign some free agents. This time around, he’s going to opt out to get a max deal. Whether that comes from the Sixers or another team (Houston Rockets?) remains to be seen.

Montrezl Harrell - $2.7M player option

Harrell didn’t see much run for the 76ers. If he wants a bigger role, he’ll probably opt out and move on in free agency. Harrell would also make slightly more in actual salary by signing a new minimum deal with another team.

Phoenix Suns

Ishmail Wainright - $1.9M team option 

Wainright has been better than expected for the Suns. He’s a willing defender, and willing shooter. Unfortunately, he’s not much of a shot-maker. This is truly a 50-50 decision, as Phoenix needs depth and Wainright is at least an NBA-level guy. But the guess here is the Suns decline and take the roster spot for a veteran on the minimum.

Portland Trail Blazers

Kevin Knox - $3M team option

The Blazers won’t pick up Knox’s option. Either they are conserving wiggle room around the tax to put win-now players around Damian Lillard. Or Portland is rebuilding and won’t want the extra money for a non-rotation guy on the books.

Sacramento Kings

Kessler Edwards - $1.8M team option

Edwards will get caught up in which direction the Kings go. They can reasonably create over $21 million in cap space. That could be enough to be a player in free agency. If they plan to re-sign Harrison Barnes and stay over the cap, Edwards’ option probably gets picked up. We’re projecting the latter here.

San Antonio Spurs

No pending options

Toronto Raptors

Gary Trent Jr. - $18.6M player option

Trent is going to opt out and hit free agency as one of the best 3&D options available. He’s a great fit for any of the cap space teams, so look for him to cash in. Toronto could pivot towards a reset, if not rebuild, so Trent may not be a part of their plans either.

Utah Jazz

Jordan Clarkson - $14.3M player option

Clarkson is going to opt out, but that doesn’t mean his time in Utah is over. The Jazz like Clarkson quite a bit, and he enjoys being there. This would be about adding more years to his deal, as he begins his age-31 season.

Rudy Gay - $6.5M player option

Gay is going to pick up his option. He wouldn’t sniff as much money in free agency. Once he opts in, look for Utah to potentially have Gay in a trade package, as they continue rebuilding the roster.

Talen Horton-Tucker - $11M player option

Horton-Tucker could possibly get more by opting out, but it’s not a lock. He’s shown he can play a rotation role, but money is going to dry up quickly, especially for guys who are best in a combo-guard role off the bench. Look for Horton-Tucker to opt in and try to cash in next summer.

Damian Jones - $2.6M player option

Jones will opt in, because he’s a minimum salary guy either way. Might as well take the guaranteed money by opting in. Like Gay, he could be a part of trade packages for Utah.

Washington Wizards

Kyle Kuzma - $13M player option

Kuzma has far outplayed this contract, so he’ll opt out. With the Wizards possibly rebuilding, he’s probably moving on. That’s not a bad thing for Kuzma though, as he’ll be a highly sought-after player as a scoring combo-forward.

Kristaps Porzingis - $36M player option

This one is weird. Had Washington not moved to a new front office, Porzingis probably would have opted out and signed a long-term deal with the Wizards. The buzz now is that Porzingis may opt in and take the guaranteed big salary. At that point, it’s up the Wizards new decision-makers to trade him or not.

As the NFL offseason turns from business to practice, a snapshot look at the top of the mountain for each position's financial market, including metrics for average salary and practical guarantee, and the days since the belt has last been passed.

Quarterback

The average QB salary pinnacle has been eclipsed twice this spring, with Jalen Hurts & Lamar Jackson leapfrogging Aaron Rodgers in recent weeks. Joe Burrow & Justin Herbert should have something to say about this very soon. From a guarantee standpoint, Deshaun Watson's unicorn contract remains top dog, with Lamar & Hurts filing in appropriately underneath him as a more true top metric.

TOP AAV

Lamar Jackson, $52,000,000
Signed Date: April 27, 2023

TOP GUARANTEE

Deshaun Watson, $230,000,000
Signed Date: March 18, 2022

Running Back

Not great. It's been over 1,100 days since the average salary and guarantee figure at the running back position has been reset. The Saquon Barkley's of the world are in the process of attemping, but McCaffrey's numbers seem safe for the time being.

TOP AAV

Christian McCaffrey, $16,015,875
Signed Date: April 13, 2020

TOP GUARANTEE

Christian McCaffrey, $38,162,500
Signed Date: April 13, 2020

Fullback

Kyle Juszczyk is on his third contract with the Niners and should eclipse the $42M earned mark this season, which more than doubles any other fullbacks career earnings in NFL history.

Top AAV

Kyle Juszczyk, $5,400,000
Signed Date: March 14, 2021

Top Guarantee

Kyle Juszczyk, $10,000,000
Signed Date: March 14, 2021

Wide Receiver

Tyreek Hill's $30M gets an asterisk because of the validity of it. His deal in Miami carries a $24M AAV for 4 years, with a whopping $45M cash payout set for an unlikely 5th year. Davante Adams' $28M is backloaded into the final two seasons of his deal, but Justin Jefferson's next contract could soon add plenty of substance back into this market.

Top AAV

Tyreek Hill, $30,000,000*
Signed Date: March 23, 2022

Top Guarantee

Cooper Kupp, $75,000,000
Signed Date: June 8, 2022

Tight End

A few tight ends have feebly taken over the AAV belt of late, but George Kittle's $40M practical guarantee has stuck for over 1,000 days. A big 2023 for Kyle Pitts in Atlanta could begin the process of changing that sooner rather than later.

Top AAV

Darren Waller, $17,000,000
Signed Date: September 10, 2022

Top Guarantee

George Kittle, $40,000,000
Signed Date: August 13, 2020 

Offensive Lineman

While the AAV market for OLs has matured exponentially, the guarantee numbers seem to be lagging behind a bit. It stands to reason that a position group with 7 players now earning $20M over more on average should have practical guarantees upwards of $75M. Andrew Thomas is a candidate to get there soon.

Top AAV

Laremy Tunsil, $25,000,000
Signed Date: March 19, 2023

Top Guarantee

Ronnie Stanley, $64,166,000
Signed Date: October 30, 2020

Interior Defensive Lineman

It's Aaron Donald's world and everyone else is just playing for 2nd. Well, the IDL market saw three consecutive brand new seconds this offseason, and Quinnen Williams, Christian Wilkins, & Chris Jones could have more to say about it shortly.

Top AAV

Aaron Donald, $31,666,666
Signed Date: June 6, 2022

Top Guarantee

Aaron Donald, $95,000,000
Signed Date: June 6, 2022

Edge Defender

It's been almost 650 days since the Edge Defender average salary market has been reset, and over 1,000 since Joey Bosa's $102M guarantee took over the top spot resepctively. There's no reason Nick Bosa shouldn't stand atop both of these lists soon.

Top AAV

T.J. Watt, $28,002,750
Signed Date: September 9, 2021

Top Guarantee

Joey Bosa, $102,000,000
Signed Date: July 28, 2020

Linebacker

The Ravens pumped $60M guaranteed into Roquan Smith after handing out two picks and a player to secure the rights to him las Halloween. Devin White & Patrick Queen are at least hoping to get a sniff of these numbers soon.

Top AAV

Roquan Smith, $20,000,000
Signed Date: January 10, 2023

Top Guarantee

Roquan Smith, $60,000,000
Signed Date: January 10, 2023

Cornerback

For awhile, the cornerback markets aligned closely with the wide receiver markets - for obvious reasons. While it's easy to look at Alexander's $21M versus Hill's $30M and see an ocean in between, there's only a $3.75M difference between the top practical guarantee figures ($75M vs. $71.25M). A.J. Terrell & Trevon Diggs are fringe candidates to approach these numbers soon.

Top AAV

Jaire Alexander, $21,000,000
Signed Date: May 16, 2022

Top Guarantee

Denzel Ward, $71,250,000
Signed Date: April 18, 2022

Safety

It's been almost a full calendar year since Derwin James reset both of these markets, and there's no clearcut next man up candidate right now. Antoine Winfield Jr. seems the closest in the clubhouse for now.

Top AAV

Derwin James, $19,133,000
Signed Date: August 17, 2022

Top Guarantee

Derwin James, $42,000,000
Signed Date: August 17, 2022

Kicker

Justin Tucker's contract is now nearly a year old, and his $17.5M guaranteed still sits $4.5M higher than any other kicker in the game (Matt Gay's free agent deal in Indy carries $13M).

Top AAV

Justin Tucker, $6,000,000
Signed Date: August 8, 2022

Top Guarantee

Justin Tucker, $17,500,000
Signed Date, August 8, 2022

Punter

All of Michael Dickson's $7.5M guarantee was paid out in Year 1 (2021), putting him back on a year to year contract in Seattle.

Top AAV

Michael Dickson, $3,675,000
Signed Date: June 4, 2021

Top Guarantee

Michael Dickson, $7,500,000
Signed Date: June 4, 2021

Long Snapper

The Patriots have financially rewarded special teamers for a long time, and that includes carrying the league's top-paid long snapper for 2023.

Top AAV

Joe Cardona, $1,575,000
Signed Date: March 16, 2023

Top Guarantee

Joe Cardona, $2,600,000
Signed Date: March 16, 2023

Our first annual NFL Movement Series continues with the Running Backs, highlighting every move - every team - has made at the position since the beginning of the new league year.

RB1 Movement
9 starting RB1s from the 2022 season are now either available free agents, or on a new team for the 2023 season (Singletary, Montgomery, Elliott, Swift, Cook, Harris, Sanders, Penny, Fournette).

Only 4 running backs (all depth role players) were extended prior to the start of the league year (JaMycal Hasty, Ameer Abdullah, Salvon Ahmed, & Jonathan Williams). The four contracts combine for $1.25M guaranteed.

Five free agent running backs currently project to start for their respective team this season (Miles Sanders, David Montgomery, Alexander Mattison, Raheem Mostert, D'Onta Foreman), while 1 more (Bijan Robinson) will slot in as Atlanta's RB1 as the most recent #8 overall pick this year. The Eagles acquired D'Andre Swift from the Lions to lead their running back room this fall.

Elsewhere, three running backs were offered the $10.091M franchise tag this spring (Tony Pollard, Josh Jacobs, & Saquon Barkley). Of them, only Pollard has signed the tag at the time of this piece.

Cap Conversions
Four running backs had their contracts adjusted this spring for cap purposes. Gus Edwards, Alvin Kamara, & Christian McCaffrey all processed simple restructures, while Aaron Jones actually accepted a $5M cash pay cut to remain in Green Bay this season.

The RB Market
For the fourth straight offseason, no running back has been able to eclipse Christian McCaffrey's $16.015M average annual salary. The largest average salary contract signed by a running back in 2023 (franchise tags notwithstanding) went to Miles Sanders at $6.35M per year, nearly $10M less than the top of the market. In terms of guarantee, the 2023 breadwinner was Bijan Robinson's rookie contract, which guarantees him $22M over the next 4 seasons in Atlanta. From a veteran standpoint, Miles Sanders' $13M takes the cake, $25M less than McCaffrey's top figure. 

Free Agency Recap
28 running backs have signed free agent contracts thus far this offseason, combining for $121M of total value, with $54M (45%) of it guaranteed at signing.

Draft Recap
18 running backs were selected in the 2023 draft, including 7 in the Top 90 selections. Of the 23 running backs selected in 2022, 6 are already RB1s for their respective franchises, while at least three others have already proved to be valuable resources.

Related
2023 Free Agent Running Back Signings
2023 Running Back Contract Extensions
Top Running Back Financials

TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

Arizona Cardinals

• Signed Corey Clement ($0 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Emari Demercado (TCU) to compete for a reserve role

Atlanta Falcons

• Drafted Bijan Robinson (#8 overall) for a starting role
• Added UDFA Carlos Washington Jr. (Southeastern Louisiana) to compete for a reserve role

Baltimore Ravens

• Converted $2.3M of Gus Edwards’ 2023 salary into signing bonus, clearing $2.8M of cap
• Signed Justice Hill ($1.25M guaranteed) for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Keaton Mitchell (East Carolina) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Owen Wright (Monmouth) to compete for a reserve role

Buffalo Bills

• Signed Damien Harris ($1M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Signed Latavius Murray ($802,500 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Jordan Mims (Fresno State) to compete for a reserve role

Carolina Panthers

• Signed Spencer Brown to compete for a reserve role
• Signed Miles Sanders ($13M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Added UDFA Cam Peoples (Appalachian State) to compete for a reserve role
• Claimed Tiyon Evans

Chicago Bears

• Signed Travis Homer ($1.75M guaranteed) for a reserve role
• Signed D'Onta Foreman ($1M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Drafted Roschon Johnson (Round 4) to compete for a reserve role

Cincinnati Bengals

• Signed Trayveon Williams ($52,500 guaranteed) for a reserve role
• Drafted Chase Brown (Round 6) to compete for a starting role
• Added UDFA Jacob Saylors (East Tennessee State) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Calvin Tyler Jr. (Utah State) to compete for a reserve role

Cleveland Browns

• Signed John Kelly to compete for a reserve role
• Signed Nate McCrary to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Hassan Hall (Georgia Tech) to compete for a reserve role

Dallas Cowboys

• Assigned starting RB Tony Pollard a $10M franchise tag
• Released Ezekiel Elliott with a Post 6/1 Designation, clearing $10.9M of cap
• Signed Ronald Jones II ($302,500 guaranteed) to compete for a starting role
• Signed Rico Dowdle ($100,000 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role
• Drafted Deuce Vaughn (Round 6) to compete for a reserve role 

Denver Broncos

• Released starting RB Chase Edmonds, clearing $5.92M of cap
• Signed Samaje Perine ($3M guaranteed) to compete for a starting role
• Signed Tony Jones to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Jaleel McLaughlin (Youngstown State) to compete for a reserve role

Detroit Lions

• Signed Jermar Jefferson to compete for a reserve role
• Signed David Montgomery ($8.75M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Signed Craig Reynolds to compete for a reserve role
• Drafted Jahmyr Gibbs (#12 overall) for a starting role
• Traded starting RB D'Andre Swift to Philadelphia, clearing $1.77M of cap
• Added UDFA Mohamed Ibrahim (Minnesota) to compete for a reserve role

Green Bay Packers

• Signed Tyler Goodson to compete for a reserve role
• Starting RB Aaron Jones accepted a $5M pay cut for 2023, while also converting $8.52M of salary & roster bonus into signing bonus, clearing $11.816M of cap
• Drafted Lew Nichols III (Round 7) to compete for a reserve role
• Signed Emanuel Wilson to compete for a reserve role 

Houston Texans

• Signed Gerrid Doaks
• Signed Mike Boone ($300,000 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role
• Signed Devin Singletary ($2.5M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Added UDFA Xazavian Valladay (Arizona State) to compete for a reserve role

Indianapolis Colts

• Drafted Evan Hull (Round 5) to compete for a reserve role 

Jacksonville Jaguars

• Signed Qadree Ollison to compete for a reserve role 
• Signed JaMycal Hasty ($300,000 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role
• Signed D’Ernest Johnson ($50,000 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role
• Drafted Tank Bigsby (Round 3) for a starting role

Kansas City Chiefs

• Signed La'Mical Perine to compete for a reserve role
• Signed Jerick McKinnon ($1M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Declined a $5.4M 5th-year option for Clyde Edwards-Helaire
• Added UDFA Deneric Prince (Tulsa) to compete for a reserve role

Las Vegas Raiders

• Signed Austin Walter
• Assigned starter Josh Jacobs a $10M franchise tag
• Signed Ameer Abdullah ($500,000 guaranteed) to compete for a starting role

Los Angeles Chargers

• Signed Larry Rountree III to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Elijah Dotson (Northern Colorado) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Tyler Hoosman (North Dakota) to compete for a reserve role

Los Angeles Rams

• Drafted Zach Evans (Round 6) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Tiyon Evans (Louisville) to compete for a reserve role

Miami Dolphins

• Extended Salvon Ahmed ($300,000 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role
• Re-signed Jeff Wilson ($2.6M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Re-signed Raheem Mostert ($2.2M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Re-signed Myles Gaskin to compete for a reserve role
• Drafted Devon Achane (Round 3) to compete for a starting role
• Added UDFA Chris Brooks (BYU) to compete for a reserve role

Minnesota Vikings

• Re-signed Alexander Mattison ($6.35M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Drafted DeWayne McBride (Round 7) to compete for a reserve role
• Released Dalvin Cook, clearing $9M of cap

New England Patriots

• Signed J.J. Taylor to compete for a reserve role
• Signed James Robinson ($0 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role

New Orleans Saints

• Converted $8.32M of Alvin Kamara’s 2023 salary plus a $1M roster bonus into signing bonus, clearing $7.4M of cap
• Signed Jamaal Williams ($8.15M guaranteed) for a starting role
• Drafted Kendre Miller (Round 3) to compete for a starting role
• Added UDFA SaRodorick Thompson Jr. (Texas Tech) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Ellis Merriweather (Mass) to compete for a reserve role

New York Giants

• Signed Jashaun Corbin to compete for a reserve role
• Assigned starter Saquon Barkley a $10M franchise tag
• Signed Matt Breida ($500,000 guaranteed) to compete for a starting role
• Drafted Eric Gray (Round 5) to compete for a starting role

New York Jets

• Drafted Israel Abanikanda (Round 5) to compete for a starting role
• Added Travis Dye (USC) to compete for a reserve role

Philadelphia Eagles

• Signed Kennedy Brooks to compete for a reserve role
• Re-signed Boston Scott ($1M guaranteed)  to compete for a starting role
• Signed Rashaad Penny ($600,000 guaranteed) to compete for a starting role
• Acquired D'Andre Swift ($0 guaranteed) from Detroit to compete for a starting role

Pittsburgh Steelers

• Signed Jason Huntley to compete for a reserve role
• Signed Anthony McFarland to compete for a reserve role
• Signed Alfonzo Graham to compete for a reserve role

San Francisco 49ers

• Converted $10.72M of Christian McCaffrey’s 2023 salary into signing bonus, clearing $8.576M of cap
• Added UDFA Ronald Awatt (Texas El-Paso) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Khalan Laborn (Marshall)  to compete for a reserve role

Seattle Seahawks

• Drafted Zach Charbonnet (Round 2) to compete for a starting role
• Drafted Kenny McIntosh (Round 7) to compete for a reserve role
• Signed Bryant Koback to compete for a reserve role

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Signed Patrick Laird to compete for a reserve role
• Released Leonard Fournette, clearing $3.4M of cap
• Signed Chase Edmonds  ($152,500 guaranteed) to compete for a starting role 
• Added UDFA Ronnie Brown (Shepherd) to compete for a reserve role
• Added UDFA Sean Tucker (Syracuse) to compete for a reserve role

Tennessee Titans

• Drafted Tyjae Spears (Round 3) to compete for a starting role
• Added UDFA Charles McClelland (Cincinnati) to compete for a reserve role

Washington Commanders

• Re-signed Jonathan Williams ($152,500 guaranteed) to compete for a reserve role
• Released J.D. McKissic, clearing $1.23M of cap
• Drafted Chris Rodriguez Jr. (Round 6) to compete for a starting role

Nick Taylor wins the RBC Canadian Open via playoff with Tommy Fleetwood. This is Taylor's third PGA Tour win of his career and first of the season. He earns $1.62 million for the 2023 season; his on-course earnings are now at $9.43 million and his career total is $22.0 million.

RBC Canadian Open Top 5

P1. Nick Taylor: $1,620,000

P2. Tommy Fleetwood: $981,000

T3. C.T. Pan, Tyrrell Hatton, Aaron Rai: $477,000

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2023 Earnings Leaders Update

1. Scottie Scheffler: $16,293,295

2. Jon Rahm: $14,775,966

3. Viktor Hovland: $9,426,434

4. Max Homa: $8,573,087

5. Tyrrell Hatton: $7,582,427

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