Breaking Down the Bulls Paychecks

Having watched my fair share of games over the years, I have come to deduce that the vast majority of NBA players seem relatively unaffected after a loss. Not just a pre-season "I don't care even a little" type loss, but play-off and even finals defeats. After some deep thinking I realized why that is.

NBA players make too much money to care about anything.

I'm serious. They have reached the pinnacle, and no longer feel emotion.

Okay, maybe that's a little overboard, but still, they "ain't in no soup lines."

I'm not sure what that line is from but I associated it with urban strife of some order.

A good question to pose.

How much do the Chicago Bulls players earn per game? 

Puzzled as to how to find out?

Don't worry, you will be relieved to find that I have developed a system for calculating what each player makes per game.

What is this brilliant formula?

Simple, just divide the player's salary by the number of regular season games, and you will see what they picked up for that night's work.

Being a Chicago writer, I will run our beloved Bulls through the system just to show what they take take home after a tough win (or loss).

I'll start in descending order.

Brad Miller: 2009-2010 Salary: $12,250,000. Divide that by 82 games and we get $149,390 per game. Not bad for a half-assed effort Brad.

Next we have Luol Deng, who checks in at a hefty $10,370,425 per season. Divided that by 82 and we get $126,468 per night. That would cover my clothes bill for a whole week.

Now that you have mastered my formula, check out what the other Bull's take home each night, and you might understand why they don't ever seem to care as much as the fans.

Kirk Hinrich: $115,853 per game.
John Salmons: $66,536 per game.
Derrick Rose: $63,225 per game.
Tyrus Thomas: $57,548 per game.
Joakim Noah: $29,825 per game.

That should give you a good sense of where these players stand emotionally after a game. Even Aaron Gray makes a cool $19,000 each night for sitting on his ass in the same old gray blazer.