Worst Contracts in NBA History

closg00 · Post #1 » by **closg00** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:22 pm

The pattern is pretty-much the same with each player. Player X signs a huge contract after stellar play only to have a dramatic drop-off in productivity 1 or 2 years into the contract. Nice read.
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dobrojim · Post #2 » by **dobrojim** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:59 pm

Didn't read it (yet) but this is a big reason why a lot of fans and owners
would really like the NBA to not mandate these guaranteed contracts.

closg00 · Post #3 » by **closg00** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:31 pm

10. Juwan Howard: seven years, $105 million (1996)

At first glance, this pact might seem to deserve a higher spot on this list, but Howard remained reasonably productive for the life of the contract. That said, he was traded twice during that span and was named to zero All-Star teams. What's difficult to believe, in retrospect, is that Howard had two teams fighting to award him a nine-figure contract. After initially rejecting a seven-year $78 million offer from Washington, he signed a seven-year, $100 million deal with the Heat. The NBA voided the deal, saying it violated the salary cap, and Howard then signed an even richer deal with the Bullets. You can't say Howard doesn't love the game, though. He's playing for $586,457 as a member of the Bobcats this season, and he obviously doesn't need the scratch.

Just for old-times sake, I hope we won't appear on this list more than once

tester551 · Post #4 » by **tester551** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 2:42 am

Just a matter of time before Arenas contract is added to this list.

hands11 · Post #5 » by **hands11** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:32 am

tester551 wrote:Just a matter of time before Arenas contract is added to this list.

So I'm just saying. Well before EG was here, we had our share of stupid trades and stupid contracts.
The Howard deal was just the gold trophy. And that was squarely all Abe. He kicked his GM to the curve and then went and offered Haywood even more money then he needed to. He had 3 young high talented players and he least of the three stay. Come on, he had a 2 in 3 chance of getting it right and he blow it.

Hmmm, offering more money then he needed to in order to keep a player he was in love with.

This is what makes it so hard to pin the tail on EG. The owner has established a pattern of stupidity on his own that looked exactly like the thing you want to blame EG for doing. So how do you know who to blame?

One thing people have to remember is that we have had talent here. Hell, the Pistons were the NBA version of Phili. DC players winning it big on another team.

This is why EGs steady as it goes hadn't bothered me. It's because it was the exact opposite that got us in so much trouble. Sure, there is a time to make of move. There were chances to move AJ. But this franchise had a huge loosing culture hole to climb out from under. It was a tough call.

I mean if we do nothing more then get our players back, who doubt we will be a 500% plus team again next year while still having upside. At a min, are trading pieces will be worth more.

closg00 · Post #6 » by **closg00** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:15 pm

Hey Mods! How about merging the worst contracts thread?