The NBA will begin withholding salary from player paychecks on Friday as part of the agreed upon pay checks between the NBA and the NBA Players Association. Players will experienced a 25 percent pay cut in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement’s “force majeure” clause.
The cuts apply to every player, but six of the game’s 10 highest earners have already been paid and will not see cuts immediately due to the COVID-19 crisis.
LeBron James, Stephen Curry, John Wall, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and Paul George have all already been paid in full, per ESPN.