Top 10 NBA salaries -- as they relate to performance

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Oh, if pay only matched performance, particularly in the NBA.

Here, from HoopsHype.com, is a list of the highest-paid NBA players for the coming season. What’s notable is that half of the 10 best-paid players on their list did not make the All-Star game last season.

Highest-paid NBA players:

1. Kevin Garnett, Boston, $24.75 million

2. Stephon Marbury, New York, $21.94 million

2. Allen Iverson, Denver, $21.94 million

4. Jason Kidd, Dallas, $21.37 million

5. Jermaine O’Neal, Toronto, $21.35 million

6. Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, $21.26 million

7. Tracy McGrady, Houston, $21.13 million

8. Tim Duncan, San Antonio, $20.60 million

9. Shaquille O’Neal, Phoenix, $20 million

10. Steve Francis, Houston, $19.85 million

Marbury, Jermaine O’Neal, McGrady, Shaq and Francis missed the All-Star game.

-- Barry Stavro