The man they once called "The Franchise" will earn a total of $31 million from the Blazers, who bought out the rest of his contract last July; he has a two-year, $6 million deal with the Rockets.

Vinsanity donated $2.5 million to his high school in Daytona Beach, Fla., which went toward a new athletic center. Recently unveiled out front was, of course, a life-size statue of the star.

Live under Brady's roof, just don't expect him to be there for the Super Bowl party: Pats QB sold two of the units in his Boston brownstone condo building he bought for $6.2 million in '06.

Pierce's reign as the Celtics' highest-paid player lasted exactly two seasons, but he'll start outearning Kevin Garnett in '09-10 by $3.4 million, when he's set to make $19.8 million.

Of the wideout's new four-year, $40 million deal signed in March, $30 million is guaranteed, including the $15 million signing bonus and a $5 million option bonus payable in '09.

One and done? The Matrix has a player option for next season, the final year of his contract. If he declines the $17.2 million salary, he's free to close the book on his 16 games with Miami.

Currently in the fifth year of his nine-year, $121 million deal, the first baseman's '08 salary is more than $7 million higher than his next closest teammate, '07 NLCS MVP Matt Holliday.

Once upon a time, Allen was part of another "Big Three" in Milwaukee, along with Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell. All three combined earned a paltry $24.2 million in '01-02.

Lewis joins the 50 this year thanks to the sign-and-trade deal he inked with Seattle last summer before the Sonics shipped him to Orlando: a six-year contract worth $118 million.

Falling dominoes in D.C.? Jamison is officially a free agent now that his six-year, $80 million contract is up. Teammate Gilbert Arenas says he'll opt out if the Wiz don't re-sign his pal.