[Brandt] Per @spotrac : Salaries of Durant/Beal/Booker/Ayton: $164 million. Payroll for the entire 2022 Chicago Bears: $144 million.

I think that in the past, some NFL players have looked at NBA salaries, and their guarantees, and said "I chose the wrong sport", LOL. As IIRC Dr. J once said back in the 1970s, NBA players are almost literally one in a million in the USA.

Source: https://twitter.com/AndrewBrandt/status/1670545708162613248