I see those payments going out as the exact same thing as huge contracts on rookies in the NBA or any other sport. Kobe getting a 3.5 million 3 year contract. Shaq with a 41 mil 7 year contract. The big star rookies will get paid huge amounts in any sport. I don't honestly see why it would be any different here.
I don't see any rookie in NBA earns like the old players,because rookie contract don't allow this
Best Rookies:John Wall $5,144,280 Blake Griffin $5,357,280
Stars with a long career:Dirk Nowitzki $17,278,618 Kobe Bryant $24,806,250
And in real life Wall and Griffin's Skills are much much closer to Dirk and Kobe' skills than a 18years old rookie in BB compared to the top players in BB
So I see enormous differences