The 27 highest-paid players in the NBA for the 2017-18 season

5. Blake Griffin — $29.5 million

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Team: Los Angeles Clippers

Position: Power Forward

Contract: 5 years, $171.2 million

One thing to know: Part of the Clippers’ pitch to re-sign Griffin included t-shirts that compared Griffin to numerous historical figures, including Muhammad Ali, President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln, President Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, and even Michael Jackson.