[Cactus Jack]

Hey CJ what's the difference in drafted #1 and #7 $$$ wise? Reed still getting rich no matter what right?

More than I'll ever make either way.

RealGM has the following breakdown. For overall earnings, there'd probably be some fluctuation with the city that the player got drafted to, their marketability, and state or national taxes (despite the "jock tax"), but I think this should be close to the baseline [and teams can pay them 120% of this amount if they choose]:

* is Option for Year 4 expressed as a percentage increase over their Year 3 Salary
** is Qualifying Offer expressed as a percentage increase over their Year 4 Salary

1st Yr. 2nd Yr. 3rd Yr. Opt. 4th Yr.* Qualifying Offer**

1 $10,504,800; $11,030,300; $11,555,400; 26.1%; 40.0%
2 $9,398,900; $9,869,000; $10,339,100; 26.2%; 40.5%
3 $8,440,400; $8,862,200; $9,284,600; 26.4%; 41.2%
4 $7,609,800; $7,990,500; $8,371,100; 26.5%; 41.9%
5 $6,891,200; $7,235,500; $7,580,200; 26.7%; 42.6%
6 $6,258,900; $6,571,900; $6,885,000; 26.8%; 43.4%
7 $5,713,700; $5,999,600; $6,284,900; 27.0%; 44.1%
8 $5,234,400; $5,496,200; $5,757,900; 27.2%; 44.8%
9 $4,811,500; $5,052,300; $5,292,800; 27.4%; 45.5%
10 $4,570,900; $4,799,400; $5,027,700; 27.5%; 46.2%

#1 overall is locked in to $21.5 million; #7 is locked in to $11.69 million.
For perspective, Sheppard's NIL value is unknown but it was estimated at around $400,000 this winter.