{"id":2060980,"date":"2026-07-25T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2060980"},"modified":"2026-07-25T10:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:00:22","slug":"these-college-basketball-players-will-make-more-money-than-lebron-james-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2060980","title":{"rendered":"These college basketball players will make more money than LeBron James next season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 18 men\u2019s college basketball players will earn more than LeBron James next season.<\/p>\n

The last time that was true? Try the 2002-03 season, when James was a senior at St. Vincent-St. Mary High in Akron, Ohio. Technically, any college hooper on scholarship \u201cmade\u201d more than James at the time, though prominent players were getting more than room, board and tuition long before the current era of compensation in the millions.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s safe to say James\u2019 rookie salary of just over $4 million with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003-04 was much more than anyone playing the college game \u2014 discreet bags of cash and keys to an SUV leased to an uncle were no match for NBA contracts. But James will make a career-low $3.8 million<\/a> with the Philadelphia 76ers next season, his 24th in the NBA, and that will put him behind nearly 20 college players.<\/p>\n

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How many college basketball players will make more money than LeBron?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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