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The NBA's 25 highest-paid players

Cork GainesNov 23, 2016, 04:05 IST

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With the retirement of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, the NBA has a new highest-paid player for the first time in several years and it is a deserving one: LeBron James.

LeBron is in his 14th season, and after two years of one-year contracts in his return to the Cavs, he finally started to cash-in big time.

At age 31, James is now the NBA's highest-paid player. But thanks to a skyrocketing salary cap, several of the NBA's young stars are not far behind.

Here are this season's 25 highest-paid players in the NBA and how their contracts break down, with data provided by Spotrac.