The NBA, one of the four major sports leagues in North America along with the NFL, the MLB and the NHL, has given its top players access to quite hefty salaries. For example, the five guys receiving the most money in the 2020-21 season are all earning over $40 million each. 

They are:

Stephen Curry, $43,006,362

Russell Westbrook, $41,358,814

Chris Paul, $41,358,814

John Wall, $41,254,920

James Harden, $41,254,920

How have been they performing so far this season? Are they contributing as much as the team are paying them? What makes them worth so much money? We examine these questions on this edition of Sports Talk.

Host: Li Xiang

Guest: Oscar Margain

Cover designer: Feng Yuan

Chief editor: Chen Ran

Supervisor: Zhang Shilei