The average of $4,414,184 was up 5.9% from the $4,167,164 at the start of last season and just below the record of $4,451,508 set in 2017, before the salary slide that angered players during the labor contract that expired last December.
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We’ll see if salaries keep going up with the new CBA in place. I also wonder how much the drop in average salary had to do with expanded rosters adding another minimum salary player.