30 richest players in the NBA
By John Buhler
Chris Bosh
Power Forward, Miami Heat
While scary health issues may have resulted in us seeing the last of him as a professional basketball player, Miami Heat center Chris Bosh will one day be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield. He has made $186,936,512 in career earnings in 13 NBA seasons.
Miami reportedly plans to waive Bosh in a few weeks due to his health issues with blood clots the last few seasons. Bosh is only 32 years old and may have to end his Hall of Fame-worthy NBA career a bit prematurely.
He came into the league in the often-celebrated 2003 NBA Draft class. Bosh was the No. 4 pick by the Toronto Raptors out of Georgia Tech. He would sign a three-year $9.3 million rookie contract with the Raptors. Toronto would exercise its team option on Bosh for the 2006-07 season, costing Toronto $4.23 million.
In July 2006, Bosh would sign a three-year rookie extension worth $42.6 million, beginning in the 2007-08 NBA season. Once that extension ran its course, Bosh would orchestrate a sign-and-trade with the Heat in summer 2010.
Bosh would sign a six-year contract with the Heat worth $110 million. In July 2014, Bosh would exercise his early termination option. He would sign a new, five-year deal worth $118 million that summer.
Bosh would not be a free agent until summer 2019 under this current deal, making, in theory, $239,063,622 before striking a new deal. Miami will likely cut ties with Bosh here soon, but he’s a two-time champion and a multimillionaire in his great NBA career.