BOCA RATON — Miami guard Tyler Johnson has already seen what his new-and-much-improved paychecks from the Heat will look like this season.
Frankly, he's still stunned.
“It's surreal,” Johnson said.
Virtually every player in the NBA is a millionaire. But a handful like Johnson, Denver's Nikola Jokic and the Magic’s Aaron Gordon are seeing their salaries rise to a different stratosphere this season, enormous raises that may come with an enormous rise in expectations.
When getting paid like stars, it stands to reason that fans — and their teams — will expect star efforts.