Grantland: The Worst Contracts in the NBA

[King P]

Memo to Bill Simmons: Please review that list of overpaid players.

Thank you.

 

[beenz]

I read that entire article. that part about Ted Stepien had me rollin

 

[Regular_P]

Not this again. Hornets would have gotten older and added salary. Odom fell apart in Dallas, you think he would've showed up in New Orleans? Same thing for K-mart who had basically quit on Houston. It was idiotic for NO to deal Paul w/o getting back another all-star with productive years left or young assets/picks.

So what exactly did they get for him?

 

[beenz]

man I can't believe Ted Stepien traded 4 1st round consecutive draft picks in the 80's

 

[ghostwriterx]

So what exactly did they get for him?

young talent and a lottery pick.

 

[Regular_P]

young talent and a lottery pick.

You mean the fourth worst contract in the NBA and Aminu? :yao:

We all knew Stern was gonna rig the lottery after Paul left, so that doesn't even count.

 

[ghostwriterx]

You mean the fourth worst contract in the NBA and Aminu? :yao:

We all knew Stern was gonna rig the lottery after Paul left, so that doesn't even count.

They didn't know Gordon was going to miss a season when they traded for him. LOL at a lottery pick "not counting".

How exactly was the Lakers/Rockets deal better for them????
Older players, more salary, worse draft picks...

 

[Regular_P]

They didn't know Gordon was going to miss a season when they traded for him. LOL at a lottery pick "not counting".

How exactly was the Lakers/Rockets deal better for them????
Older players, more salary, worse draft picks...

You mean the lottery pick they used on Austin Rivers?

They knew Gordon didn't want to be there but still matched that ridiculous offer sheet Phoenix gave him, even after he missed almost all of last season. I'm shocked at how poorly that's turned out.

Face it, they didn't get jack shyt out of that deal.

 

[tremonthustler1]

You mean the fourth worst contract in the NBA and Aminu? :yao:

We all knew Stern was gonna rig the lottery after Paul left, so that doesn't even count.

wasn't Lakers fans' thinking about NO getting Odom, Scola, Martin, etc. for CP3 was that they'd still be able to compete and maybe be an 8th seed? Can't rig a lottery if you're not in it.


The fukked up thing is that if NO didn't match Gordon to Phoenix and he was playing like he cared, NO would get ripped for letting him go.

Turning the Wolves' lottery pick into Austin Rivers was inexcusable though.

 

[Regular_P]

wasn't Lakers fans' thinking about NO getting Odom, Scola, Martin, etc. for CP3 was that they'd still be able to compete and maybe be an 8th seed? Can't rig a lottery if you're not in it.


The fukked up thing is that if NO didn't match Gordon to Phoenix and he was playing like he cared, NO would get ripped for letting him go.

Turning the Wolves' lottery pick into Austin Rivers was inexcusable though.

They could have flipped those players to contenders for young pieces/picks.

I surely wouldn't have. Eric Gordon is not a max player under any circumstances. He has NEVER shown he was capable of carrying a team. That offer sheet was insanity and it was even crazier of NO to match that bullshyt.

I think Stern forced their hand since the trade would have basically been Chris Paul for Austin Rivers.

 

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[muzikfrk75]

Memo to Bill Simmons: Please review that list of overpaid players.

Thank you.

If you're talking about

To be fair, Simmons tweeted this earlier


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[ExodusNirvana]

10. Landry Fields: three years, $18.73 million
Don't forget, Toronto offered Fields too much money as a strategic ploy. (Not a typo.) They were hoping the Knicks would knock themselves out of the Steve Nash sweepstakes to match the offer, leaving Toronto as Nash's only suitor. Instead, Nash went to the Lakers and New York gleefully stuck Toronto with Fields, making him the Kip Addotta of 2012 free agency (see this column for an explanation). What's the right word for that chain of events? I'm going with "hilarious!" unless you can top it.

Meanwhile, Fields is turning into the Dave Stapleton of basketball — instead of getting better every year like every other young player, he's somehow getting worse.

2011: 9.7 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 50% FG, 39% 3FG, 77% FT, 13.5 PER.
2012: 8.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 46% FG, 26% 3FG, 56% FT, 12.1 PER.
2013: 4.7 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 45% FG, 8% 3FG, 70% FT, 10.2 PER.

Translation: This is threatening to replace the murder subplot in Season 2 of Friday Night Lights as the most painful story line involving someone named Landry. Stay tuned.

 

[ghostwriterx]

You mean the lottery pick they used on Austin Rivers?

They knew Gordon didn't want to be there but still matched that ridiculous offer sheet Phoenix gave him, even after he missed almost all of last season. I'm shocked at how poorly that's turned out.

Face it, they didn't get jack shyt out of that deal.

You still haven't explained how you think the other deal was better.

It's Monday morning quarterbacking to say the deal was bad because Gordon got hurt and they made a horrible draft pick. At the time of the deal they got a young potential all-star and a lottery pick. That was way better than the past its prime and overpaid pu-pu platter of Scola, Odom, Martin and Dragic.

 

[Regular_P]

You still haven't explained how you think the other deal was better.

It's Monday morning quarterbacking to say the deal was bad because Gordon got hurt and they made a horrible draft pick. At the time of the deal they got a young potential all-star and a lottery pick. That was way better than the past its prime and overpaid pu-pu platter of Scola, Odom, Martin and Dragic.

Dragic is better than anything they actually got in the deal.