T&T board top 10 worst contracts - Vote for #8!

[Dr Positivity]

2018 list

1. Russell Westbrook (3 years, 132.7 million, includes 3rd year 47.1 million player option)
2. Klay Thompson (4 years, 157.2 million)
3. John Wall (3 years, 133 million, includes 3rd year 47.4 million player option)
4. Kevin Love (3 years, 91.5 million)
5. Blake Griffin (2 years, 75.8 million, includes 2nd year 39.0 million player option)
6. D'Angelo Russell (3 years, 90.3 million)
7. Andrew Wiggins (3 years, 94.7 million)

Please vote for the #8 lowest trade value player taking into account salary, age, health, etc. and not just their caliber of play. In addition please nominate a player to replace them on the list.

Nominees:



Al Horford (2 years, 54.5 million, plus 26.5 million 3rd year with 12 million guaranteed)



Draymond Green (4 years, 99.6 million, includes 4th year 27.6 million player option)



Tobias Harris (4 years, 147.3 million)



Davis Bertans (5 years, 80 million, includes 16 million 5th year early termination option, only 5 million guaranteed final year if plays less than 75% of games in 4th season)



Kemba Walker (3 years, 108 million, includes 37.6 million 3rd year player option)



Marcus Morris (4 years, 64 million)



Buddy Hield (4 years, 87.2 million)

[FutureKnicksGM]

V: Horford
N: E Gordon

[Dr Positivity]

I think Draymond contract is worse than Horford cause of the length. Tempted by Bertans but he is a shooter. Likewise I see more interest in Walker bouncing back than Green.

Vote Draymond

Nominate Eric Gordon

[gswhoops]

V: Horford
N: Porzingis

[Wolveswin]

Horford
Hayward

[HornetJail]

Vote: Harris (he's having a great year, but I'm not touching that contract with any length of pole)
Nominate: Eric Gordon

[gswhoops]

CBA question re: Horford. Can OKC (or whoever ends up with him) stretch-waive the $12M gtd on his last year?

i.e., can they turn his deal into 27/27/4/4/4 instead of 27/27/12

[loserX]

CBA question re: Horford. Can OKC (or whoever ends up with him) stretch-waive the $12M gtd on his last year?

i.e., can they turn his deal into 27/27/4/4/4 instead of 27/27/12

Yes...in 2022.

If you're asking whether they can do that *now*, no. They would have to stretch all of the remaining salary evenly over double the number of remaining years, plus one.

[shrink]

This is where I think it gets much harder, with those seven off the board.

V: Draymond

I can see the argument for Horford, but I agree with Dr Positivity, and I’m worried about Draymond four years out.

Al Horford (2 years, 54.5 million, plus 26.5 million 3rd year with 12 million guaranteed)
Draymond Green (4 years, 99.6 million, includes 4th year 27.6 million player option)

[Knickfan1982]

V:Tobias Harris (good player but that's just waaaaaaaaaay too much money for someone who isn't a perennial MVP candidate)
N: Dennis Smith Jr (G-leaguer earning NBA money)

[gswhoops]

This is where I think it gets much harder, with those seven off the board.

Agreed. Personally I'd rather rate a good player making way too much (Tobi or Kemba) as less-negative than a bad player making way too much (Horford) even if the delta between $ and production is the same but it's a matter of opinion.

[slick21]

V: Draymond
N: Porzingis

[Coxy]

V Horford

N Eric Gordon

[K_chile22]

Vote for Harris. He's having a bounce back season, but 4 years at that number is a big ole yikes.

[FNQ]

Vote: Draymond Green - with the league the way it is, its tougher and tougher to get close to 0 pts from the PF position, as the C position doesnt have a ton of scorers either. I dont know what we'd get if we put him on the market, there'd just be so few buyers and that contract is so long. Would also note that if Draymond moved to a team that relied less on defensive switching, you'd be losing a decent chunk of his defensive value as well.

Nominate: Porzingis

[Magic_Johnny12]

V: Draymond
N: Porzingis

[Catchall]

Vote for Draymond here. Too many years remaining for a player who has declined.

[WICKED17]

Vote... Draymond
Nominate... Gobert

[MoneyTalks41890]

I think this entire list has the ability to look silly if these players' performance moves up or down, but I'm going Kemba here. He's shooting 37/30 on the season so far.

Horford, on the other hand, has been playing well.

[wolves_89]

Vote Draymond Green
Nominate Eric Gordon