NBA stands for the National Basketball Association and it is one of the most competitive men’s professional basketball leagues in the world. With a history of more than 60 years, NBA is famous world-wide and it has millions of fans all over the world. This popularity is also due to the teams that play in the NBA, like L.A. Lakers, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic or Chicago Bulls and to the famous players that are offering a great show every time they play.

The NBA players have some of the biggest salaries in the world and I am sure that everyone would like to know how much they earn and which are the NBA players with the top salaries. The highest paid team in the NBA is currently the L.A. Lakers, with $94.745.383, so it is natural that the best paid player in the NBA would be a L.A. Lakers player, Kobe Bryant, who makes $ 25 million every year. His salary is nowhere near the salaries of the average basketball players, because he is one of the best players in the world, so it is obvious that he makes more money. Second in the list comes Rashard Lewis from Orlando Magic, with $ 20.5 million, then Kevin Garnett from Boston Celtics, with $ 19 million. The 4th place goes to Tim Duncan from San Antonia Spurs, who makes $ 18.7 million each year and the 5th in the list is Michael Redd from Milwaukee, with $ 18.3 million. The list continues with Pau Gasol ($ 17.8 million), Andrei Kirilenko ($ 17.8 million), Yao Ming ($ 17.7 million), Gilbert Arenas ($ 17.7 million) and Dirk Nowitzi, Vince Carter and Zach Randolph ($ 17.3 million, each).

This is the list of the NBA players with the top salaries. You may find these amounts of money ridiculous, but you must know that the NBA salaries are regulated by the NBA salaries cap, which is the limit to the total amount of money that the NBA teams are allowed to pay their players. However, it is said that basketball is the second highest-paid sport in the world, after baseball, so after we have seen the list of the NBA players top salaries this should come as no surprise.

The minimum salary is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers are forced by law to pay to their employees. Different opinions have been raised regarding the minimum salary law. While some say that it is a good thing, because it reduces poverty and it increases the lifestyle standards, others think that it decreases the employment rate, especially among the low-productive workers. In order to get a picture, here is a list of the minimum salaries in the countries of the European Union, in euros, staring with the lowest and finishing with the highest.

Latvia: 129;

Romania: 142;

Lithuania: 159;

Slovakia: 183;

Estonia: 192;

Poland: 234;

Hungary: 247;

Czech Republic: 261;

Portugal: 437;

Slovenia: 512;

Malta: 580;

Spain: 631;

Greece: 668;

France: 1.218;

Belgium: 1.234;

Great Britain: 1.269;

Holland: 1.273;

Ireland: 1.293;

Luxembourg: 1.503;

As you can see, the minimum salary varies from one country to another, depending on their development. In a country like Holland, when besides the fact that their economy is under control, they also profit extremely much from tourism, it is logical that the minimum wage is higher than the one in countries like Lithuania or Latvia, which are much smaller countries. Thus, the minimum salary ranges from 129 to 1503, so there is a ten times difference. Although time passes, I do not think that there will ever be a balance, as some countries will always be stronger than others.