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Walt Wesley was the highest paid member of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1970, the team’s first year in the league. $42,000. Awesome hair.

Also, a reminder of how just plain awful that squad was. A 15 PER is completely average every year in the NBA, and the 1970-1971 Cavs had only one player crack the 16 mark — Walt Wesley with a 17.1

This article appears in Apr 1-7, 2009.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.