2023-06-02 01:28:01
The Detroit Pistons did not hesitate to take out the checkbook to acquire the services of head coach Monty Williams, so much so that he will be paid more in 2023-2024 than all the players of the National Hockey League (NHL )… except one.
Williams, the 2022 NBA Instructor of the Year, has signed a six-year, $78.5 million deal, according to ESPN expert Adrian Wojnarowski.
Thus, the 51-year-old will receive an annual salary of just over $13 million, making him the highest-paid coach in Silver Tour history.
By comparison, in the NHL, only one player has a more lucrative active contract: Nathan MacKinnon. The Colorado Avalanche center will pocket $ 16.5 million in 2023-2024, the second season of the eight-year pact and $ 100.8 million he signed following leading the “Avs” to the Stanley Cup.
Boston Bruins star winger David Pastrnak will be awarded $13 million, just less than the Pistons’ new pilot. Dougie Hamilton, Seth Jones, Alexander Ovechkin, Kirill Kaprizov, Alex Pietrangelo, Zach Werenski, Adam Fox and Aleksander Barkov are the only other athletes who will receive at least $12 million in the upcoming campaign.
In the NBA, no less than 88 players have a valid contract for the 2023-2024 season worth more than MacKinnon’s. At the top of the pyramid, Stephen Curry will pocket almost $52 million.
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