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Curry tops $200 million; a 3,156-pound pumpkin; Weird Al's L.A.

Forbes projects Curry at two hundred three point six million dollars, with a hundred forty-one million of it off the court; LeBron lands fourth at ninety-three point nine million.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnyway, Forbes has Stephen Curry as basketball's first two hundred million dollar man.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo hundred three point six million over the coming year. Sixty-two point six on the court and a hundred forty-one million off it.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA hundred forty-one million off the court. So the basketball is the part where he gets to the office.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHis new Li-Ning deal is reportedly four hundred million over ten years. And LeBron James slides to number four at ninety-three point nine million.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNumber four! He's thriving at number four.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe signed with the Philadelphia 76ers and earns the veteran's minimum on the court, three point nine million.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the Sixers are paying him roughly the cost of a very nice sponsor logo.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA famous guy they sub in sometimes! I'm sorry, that's my favorite sentence this week.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNext. A pumpkin in Warren, Rhode Island weighed in at three thousand one hundred fifty-six pounds, the first ever over three thousand.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThree thousand pounds. You guys, that's a pumpkin with a better benefits package than me.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe prize was three thousand five hundred dollars.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd Weird Al is screening UHF at the Greek Theatre in L.A. on Saturday, October thirty-first, with a full orchestra playing the score live.

  13. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm going as the pumpkin.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree thousand five hundred dollars, and the pumpkin didn't even have to take a charge.

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