Raul Barrigon

1 month ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Raul Barrigon |Alberto de Roa

The salaries of the 1990s are nowhere near what players enjoy today, even after adjusting for inflation. Still, in that decade there were some absolute outliers relative to what most players were making. The most outstanding example is the year Michael Jordan won his fifth NBA title. In that 1996-97 season, he earned more than $30 million. That amount represented 3.75 percent of the total NBA salary expenditure that year.

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Raul Barrigon |Alberto de Roa

The salaries of the 1990s are nowhere near what players enjoy today, even after adjusting for inflation. Still, in that decade there were some absolute outliers relative to what most players were making. The most outstanding example is the year Michael Jordan won his fifth NBA title. In that 1996-97 season, he earned more than $30 million. That amount represented 3.75 percent of the total NBA salary expenditure that year.

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Frank Urbina |Raul Barrigon |Alberto de Roa

Players usually win awards at the peak of their powers. Yet, a select few like LeBron James can still perform at an elite level even in the twilight of their careers. With LeBron still playing at a high level and seemingly setting new records every other week, it raises an interesting question: Who are the most senior players to earn the NBA's highest individual honors? To answer this, we compiled the oldest players to win recognition for each individual award in the NBA over the years.