The American expert created an earnings table for all first-round picks. The first pick in the draft, Zaccharie Risacher, will earn a little over $12,600,000. His compatriot, Alex Sarr, will pocket more than $11,000,000.
The CBA provides these rookie contracts with protection for lack of skill and injury or illness for the first two years. NBA teams hold two options for the 3rd and 4th year, while all 30 first-round picks would potentially receive a total salary of $718 million over the next four seasons if all their options were exercised.
The figures decrease as you go lower in the draft, with the least earnings going to those drafted 28th, 29th, and 30th. They will receive just over $2,500,000. The full table is shown below.