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Point guards make the most money in the NBA for the first time
控衛首度在聯盟史上賺最多錢
For decades, the largest NBA salaries were given to dominant big men. But as
the three-point era has dawned, that landscape has changed drastically.
過去幾十年間，聯盟最大包的薪水是給球員裡的大個子。但是大三分時代的來臨，聯盟生
態驟然轉變。
In researching league salaries for the last three decades, we can see how
teams used to allocate their resources. Between 1990-91 and 2017-18, for
example, it was always centers or power forwards who ranked on top.
若是去研究這過去三十年間的聯盟薪水的話，就可以看到球隊在給球員薪水上的轉變。從
1990-91球季到2017-18球季，都是中鋒或者強力前鋒在薪水榜上的頂端。
During the 1999-00 campaign, all 13 of the top salaries (Shaquille O’Neal,
Kevin Garnett, Alonzo Mourning, Juwan Howard, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen,
Hakeen Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Dikembe Mutombo, Jayson Williams, Rik Smits,
Larry Johnson and David Robinson) were given to frontcourt players.
在1999-2000年球季，聯盟前13高薪水球員(Shaquille O'Neal，Kevin Garnett，Alonzo
Mourning，Juwan Howard，Patrick Ewing，Scottie Pippen，Hakeen Olajuwan，Karl
Malone，Dikembe Mutombo，Jayson Williams，Rik Smits，Larry Johnson跟David
Robinson)都是屬於前場球員。
Back in 2002-03, big men were eating half of the salary pie of the league.
They are at a record low 34.6 percent right now, although still handsomely
paid. In fact, the average center makes more money ($7.7 million in 2019-20)
than the average player in other positions. It’s just that there fewer of
them.
在2002-03球季，聯盟裡一半的薪水是給了大個子球員，而現在，雖然也不少，但是是歷史
新低的34.6趴。實際上，中鋒平均薪水(2019-20球季，790萬鎂)還是比其他位置的球員來
的高，只是中鋒越來越少。
For context, 43.2 percent of the players in 2011-12 played primarily power
forward or center. But now in 2019-20, that has dropped to only 36.3 percent.
在2011-12球季裡，有43.2趴的球員主要是打強力前鋒或者中鋒位置；到了今年球季，那比
例降到了36.3趴。
As such, gone are the days of bigs leading all NBA players in total annual
salary. If you look at the top earners this season, for example, there is a
very noticeable trend.
因此，那個大個子球員拿大約的日子已經不再，若是看一下本季拿最多薪水的排行榜的
話，很明顯就可以看到趨勢。
聯盟薪水按照位置的比例圖(從1991-2020)
https://imgur.com/leQQFn3.jpg
Centers went from earning 27.7 percent of the total salary in 1990-91 (which
was the first year of our research) to a likely all-time low of 18.9 percent
this season. Based on current expenditures, point guards account for 22.9
percent of the salaries in the NBA – ahead of all of the other position
players.
中鋒占薪資比例從1990-91球季的27.7趴一路降到本季新低的18.9趴。而今年的控衛占了今
年薪資比例的22.9趴