![]() ![]() ![]() There, too, were lucrative incentives for individual awards like an MVP (P1 million) or a Best Player of the Conference plum (one top-of-the-line SUV or its equivalent in cash). There were also staggering performance bonuses stipulated in the contract (incentives upon entering quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals and, of course for championships won). Yet it is fair to wonder what could have been had he focused on making the Rockets roster in 1979.If you think that's big [especially if you consider that the current league maximum on won-game bonuses are P6,000/ P8,000 and P10,000), the won-game bonuses doubled in the games where Duremdes was named Best Player of the Game - and tripled in size when the team owner announced 'double bonus' for a win, as was often the case before important matches, then as now. ![]() Brown would go on to be one of the PBA’s greatest players. By then The Quick Brown Fox was 28, and looked content playing in his home country. But Brown flew over to the Philippines in 1982, and entered the PBA a year later. In the 1979 NBA Draft he was drafted 59th overall by the Houston Rockets. The following players, though, should’ve made it:īrown had a stellar two-year career at Pepperdine. Unfortunately for the basketball-crazy Philippines, no PBA player has made the jump to the NBA. These numbers illustrate why making the big league is a big deal for players all around the world, including those in the PBA. ![]() The 34-year-old Laker is featured among Ladbrokes highest paid players in the world list, and is second only to soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo. The very best, like LeBron James, earn north of $25 million annually. The rookie minimum in the NBA is just short of $900,000 a month, while veterans earn between $1.7 million and $2.5 million. It is a chance to play the sport at the highest level, and earn life-changing money in the process. That is why making the NBA is every basketball player’s ultimate dream. So it’s no wonder that the NBA is home to the planet’s greatest basketball players. The lowest ranked team, the Memphis Grizzlies, are valued at $1.2 billion. One is the best in the world, a lucrative enterprise with 30 teams each worth at least a billions dollars, with the New York Knicks the NBA’s most valuable franchise at $4 billion. The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) are both well-known basketball leagues, but they are worlds apart. ![]()
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