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on an unrelated note, when looking at 95-96 Bulls stats I came across strange salary figures:

Michael Jordan:
1984-85 $550,000
1985-86 $630,000
1986-87 * $737,500
1987-88 $845,000
1988-89 $2,000,000
1989-90 * $2,250,000
1990-91 $2,500,000
1991-92 $3,250,000
1992-93 $4,000,000
1993-94 $4,000,000
1994-95 $3,850,000
1995-96 $3,850,000
1996-97 $30,140,000
1997-98 $33,140,000
2001-02 $1,000,000
2002-03 $1,030,000
Career (may be incomplete) $93,772,500


Scottie Pippen:
1987-88 $725,000
1988-89 $575,000
1989-90 * $670,000
1990-91 $765,000
1991-92 $2,770,000
1992-93 $3,425,000
1993-94 $3,075,000
1994-95 $2,225,000
1995-96 $2,925,000
1996-97 $2,250,000
1997-98 $2,775,000
1998-99 $11,000,000
1999-00 $14,795,642
2000-01 $13,750,000
2001-02 $18,083,564
2002-03 $19,727,524
2003-04 $4,917,000



Whats the deal with the salaries being so low until the later 90s?

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deferred money to get around cap issues?