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As paid; in 1997-98 dollars by the consumer price index; or as a share of every salary paid in the league that season, in 1997-98 dollars (the share times that season's payroll, $944.4M).
Seasons
Salary
1997-98
Salaries from basketball-reference team payrolls, 1984-85 on. League shares count only seasons whose payroll we have nearly all of; 1984-85, 1986-87, 1989-90 are left out (players with a known salary played under 85% of the league's minutes).