Most Overpaid Player On Each Team in 2023

[srhcan]

Putting Siakam on here is completely laughable

why? Siakam is definitely overpaid. He is making more money than the top 3 players of his draft class (Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown and Domantas Sabonis).

Every NBA team would take Siakam on that contract.

ALso, how is Coby WHite more overpaid than Lonzo, or anyone else, Coby White is like least overpaid Bull

No.

Every NBA team would take Brandon Ingram or Jaylen Brown or Domantas Sabonis over Siakam for 2 reasons:
1) all 3 of them are more talented than Siakam
2) all 3 of them make less money than Siakam

If you are getting better player than Siakam in less money then you would be insane to still take Siakam.

[GusT15]

Wait,Al Horford is making 26.5 this year at 36?

And Brook Lopez is making 13.8 at 34?

Wow,the Bucks are gonna have a hell of a luxury tax hit next year if they want to keep Lopez the way he's been playing...

[UcanUwill]

why? Siakam is definitely overpaid. He is making more money than the top 3 players of his draft class (Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown and Domantas Sabonis).

Every NBA team would take Siakam on that contract.

ALso, how is Coby WHite more overpaid than Lonzo, or anyone else, Coby White is like least overpaid Bull

No.

Every NBA team would take Brandon Ingram or Jaylen Brown or Domantas Sabonis over Siakam for 2 reasons:
1) all 3 of them are more talented than Siakam
2) all 3 of them make less money than Siakam

If you are getting better player than Siakam in less money then you would be insane to still take Siakam.

Oh wow, so he isn't THE best (arguable) that level contract in the league. Good luck signing better deal in a market anyway, this wasnt a best contract in the league debate, anyone would love to have Siakam on that price and thats facts. If they liked someone else even more, wow, maybe, you are doing great.
And anyone would rather have Wembanyama than Banchero, what a loser Banchero guy is by this logic.

[BAMAFREAK]

Tyus Jones is not overpaid at 15 mill a year. Best backup pg in the league and showing he’d be a solid starter as well. Dude has helped us win a lot of games.

I think of the guys on the team him making so much as a backup is as close to an overpay as we have. No one is actually a bad contract right now though Clarke could be depending on how his injury recovery goes. Basically which is the least good of all of our contracts ha.

Clarke is the right answer due to injury, but they may have not been taking the injury into account or could have just been looking at salaries for 22-23 in which case it is Luke Kennard.

I’d probably go with that but he is at least a useful player, when healthy, in the postseason.
I don’t like that they guaranteed money to Konchar, who is unplayable in the playoffs. We are in great shape though.

[YogurtProducer]

why? Siakam is definitely overpaid. He is making more money than the top 3 players of his draft class (Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown and Domantas Sabonis).

Every NBA team would take Siakam on that contract.

ALso, how is Coby WHite more overpaid than Lonzo, or anyone else, Coby White is like least overpaid Bull

No.

Every NBA team would take Brandon Ingram or Jaylen Brown or Domantas Sabonis over Siakam for 2 reasons:
1) all 3 of them are more talented than Siakam
2) all 3 of them make less money than Siakam

If you are getting better player than Siakam in less money then you would be insane to still take Siakam.

If all 3 are better why does Siakam have more accolades, and better stats?

People would take Ingram/Brown due to age, but I am not convinced a contender would take Sabonis over Siakam in any shape or fashion. In fact I know none of them would. A guy who can be exposed defensively like Sabonis is just exploitable while SIakam is not. None of them are good enough to be #1 options and Siakam is a proven #2 championship caliber player.

Just a bad bad take man.

Edit: also Sabonis is on an absolute bargain contract, but Brown/Siakam/Ingram are so close in salary how is this even a discussion Siakam is higher paid because he is more accomplished and better. Not rocket science.

[DrCoach]

Terrible list

Why would they pick Mitchell Robinson $17 M but over look Evan Fournier $18 M & Derrick Rose $14.5 M
Real terrible list.

Agreed

[srhcan]

Every NBA team would take Siakam on that contract.

ALso, how is Coby WHite more overpaid than Lonzo, or anyone else, Coby White is like least overpaid Bull

No.

Every NBA team would take Brandon Ingram or Jaylen Brown or Domantas Sabonis over Siakam for 2 reasons:
1) all 3 of them are more talented than Siakam
2) all 3 of them make less money than Siakam

If you are getting better player than Siakam in less money then you would be insane to still take Siakam.

Oh wow, so he isn't THE best (arguable) that level contract in the league. Good luck signing better deal in a market anyway, this wasnt a best contract in the league debate, anyone would love to have Siakam on that price and thats facts. If they liked someone else even more, wow, maybe, you are doing great.
And anyone would rather have Wembanyama than Banchero, what a loser Banchero guy is by this logic.

but it is as the tittle says it is about money with respect to skills debate. If Siakam was making 8 millions less money per year then he would not be in this list

[DelAbbot]

Bradley Beal is overpaid more that Porzingis
Zach LaVine is overpaid more than Coby White

lol didn't even notice that. Brad Beal is in the running for most overpaid player in the league.

That's ben simmons

[Ritzo]

How is Trae Young the most overpaid in his team but Zach Lavine in his team is not?

[The-Power]

Klay is clearly the most overpaid Warrior, followed by Poole, and if Wiggins is going to revert to Minny self now that he's gotten paid, he's third.

So Poole at 3.9M in now overpaid?

But I agree with the sentiment that the list is terrible. It's clearly way off for a lot of teams and can't be taken seriously.

[Godymas]

I have no clue why Coby White represents Chicago

The low hanging fruit would be to say Lonzo Ball, but I don't blame him for the knee issues

Zach LaVine is overpaid, no one talks about it, dude basically signed the Brad Beal contract but couldn't qualify for a supermax and he isn't worth that money

[Godymas]

Klay is clearly the most overpaid Warrior, followed by Poole, and if Wiggins is going to revert to Minny self now that he's gotten paid, he's third.

So Poole at 3.9M in now overpaid?

But I agree with the sentiment that the list is terrible. It's clearly way off for a lot of teams and can't be taken seriously.

Poole signed an extension

[jefe]

Tyus Jones is not overpaid at 15 mill a year. Best backup pg in the league and showing he’d be a solid starter as well. Dude has helped us win a lot of games.

I think of the guys on the team him making so much as a backup is as close to an overpay as we have. No one is actually a bad contract right now though Clarke could be depending on how his injury recovery goes. Basically which is the least good of all of our contracts ha.

Clarke is the right answer due to injury, but they may have not been taking the injury into account or could have just been looking at salaries for 22-23 in which case it is Luke Kennard.

This was my thought as well. It's likely Kennard at the moment, but quite possibly (and unfortunately) Clarke going forward.

[nikster]

No.

Every NBA team would take Brandon Ingram or Jaylen Brown or Domantas Sabonis over Siakam for 2 reasons:
1) all 3 of them are more talented than Siakam
2) all 3 of them make less money than Siakam

If you are getting better player than Siakam in less money then you would be insane to still take Siakam.

Oh wow, so he isn't THE best (arguable) that level contract in the league. Good luck signing better deal in a market anyway, this wasnt a best contract in the league debate, anyone would love to have Siakam on that price and thats facts. If they liked someone else even more, wow, maybe, you are doing great.
And anyone would rather have Wembanyama than Banchero, what a loser Banchero guy is by this logic.

but it is as the tittle says it is about money with respect to skills debate. If Siakam was making 8 millions less money per year then he would not be in this list

So you think Siakam is overpaid unless he was outside the top 50 in salary...

[cupcakesnake]

This list is pretty lazy and reads like the writer did it off the top of their head or maybe quickly scanned a list.

Some teams are really easy when they a horrible contract. But teams that don't have a horrible contract, the writer is pretty inconsistent with how he chooses players. The writer is also only specifically looking at this year's salary, which doesn't make that much sense in terms of how we usually think of overpaid. A big long contract can be worse than a quick balloon payment. Al Horford, for example. Sure he makes 26m this year but that number drops to 10m next year. No one in Boston is fretting about Al Horford's contract so... what's the point of writing about his contract in an article like this.

I don't get:

Siakam: The Raps don't really have bad contract so I get that this one is hard. But legit all-NBA level play making 35m doesn't belong in an article like this. I would have targeted one of the many small ball centers in Toronto that aren't consistently in the rotation. Otto Porter making only 6m but out for the season, my main man Thaddeus Young at 8m, or Chris Boucher making 12m. None of those are bad contracts but technically they're less bang for the buck than Spicy P. It's tough with teams that don't have awful contracts to pick someone, I guess. Kind of like Middleton being picked in Milwaukee.

Draymond: Klay makes 15m more and while his offense has really bounced back his defense is damaging. Draymond has had a hell of a year and is one of the best defensive players in the NBA. Dubs also have Poole on a GIANT contract which technically doesn't start until next year. THey also have Wiggins making 8m more than Draymond and currently not playing at all. Why single Draymond out for having the 5th biggest contract?

Porzingis: Sorry but I can see no argument for Porzingis over Bradley Beal. Porzingis has very clearly been Washington's best player this year and makes 10m less than Beal. Not only that but Beal is scheduled to make over 50m all the way through 2027.

[Calvin Klein]

Most overpaid in the Suns is not Chris Paul

I'd say Landry Shamet

[zeebneeb]

On the Detroit front, I could argue that every player is overpaid for being part of a 16-56 team. If you had to pick one contract though, I would actually go with Bojan. 20 million per for a shooter that cannot play a lick of defense, and his contract runs until he is 36.

Doesn't matter though, as bad contracts only exist on teams trying to not suck.

[BoogieTime]

Every NBA team would take Siakam on that contract.

ALso, how is Coby WHite more overpaid than Lonzo, or anyone else, Coby White is like least overpaid Bull

No.

Every NBA team would take Brandon Ingram or Jaylen Brown or Domantas Sabonis over Siakam for 2 reasons:
1) all 3 of them are more talented than Siakam
2) all 3 of them make less money than Siakam

If you are getting better player than Siakam in less money then you would be insane to still take Siakam.

If all 3 are better why does Siakam have more accolades, and better stats?

People would take Ingram/Brown due to age, but I am not convinced a contender would take Sabonis over Siakam in any shape or fashion. In fact I know none of them would. A guy who can be exposed defensively like Sabonis is just exploitable while SIakam is not. None of them are good enough to be #1 options and Siakam is a proven #2 championship caliber player.

Just a bad bad take man.

Edit: also Sabonis is on an absolute bargain contract, but Brown/Siakam/Ingram are so close in salary how is this even a discussion Siakam is higher paid because he is more accomplished and better. Not rocket science.

your arguing the wrong way. Sabonis is far superior to Siakam and better than Brown and Ingram and is the top player in the class. He's the the hub of the best offense in the league, has far superior impact stats to the other three, and hasn't been "exposed " at anything at center.

The first target I would go for is Ingram

[YogurtProducer]

No.

Every NBA team would take Brandon Ingram or Jaylen Brown or Domantas Sabonis over Siakam for 2 reasons:
1) all 3 of them are more talented than Siakam
2) all 3 of them make less money than Siakam

If you are getting better player than Siakam in less money then you would be insane to still take Siakam.

If all 3 are better why does Siakam have more accolades, and better stats?

People would take Ingram/Brown due to age, but I am not convinced a contender would take Sabonis over Siakam in any shape or fashion. In fact I know none of them would. A guy who can be exposed defensively like Sabonis is just exploitable while SIakam is not. None of them are good enough to be #1 options and Siakam is a proven #2 championship caliber player.

Just a bad bad take man.

Edit: also Sabonis is on an absolute bargain contract, but Brown/Siakam/Ingram are so close in salary how is this even a discussion Siakam is higher paid because he is more accomplished and better. Not rocket science.

your arguing the wrong way. Sabonis is far superior to Siakam and better than Brown and Ingram and is the top player in the class. He's the the hub of the best offense in the league, has far superior impact stats to the other three, and hasn't been "exposed " at anything at center.

The first target I would go for is Ingram

Lets see what happens when Sabonis gets PnR'd to death in the playoffs.

I like Sabonis, but he is not better than Pascal. Sabonis benefits greatly from having Fox as his running mate whereas Siakam has VanVleet lol

[BoogieTime]

If all 3 are better why does Siakam have more accolades, and better stats?

People would take Ingram/Brown due to age, but I am not convinced a contender would take Sabonis over Siakam in any shape or fashion. In fact I know none of them would. A guy who can be exposed defensively like Sabonis is just exploitable while SIakam is not. None of them are good enough to be #1 options and Siakam is a proven #2 championship caliber player.

Just a bad bad take man.

Edit: also Sabonis is on an absolute bargain contract, but Brown/Siakam/Ingram are so close in salary how is this even a discussion Siakam is higher paid because he is more accomplished and better. Not rocket science.

your arguing the wrong way. Sabonis is far superior to Siakam and better than Brown and Ingram and is the top player in the class. He's the the hub of the best offense in the league, has far superior impact stats to the other three, and hasn't been "exposed " at anything at center.

The first target I would go for is Ingram

Lets see what happens when Sabonis gets PnR'd to death in the playoffs.

I like Sabonis, but he is not better than Pascal. Sabonis benefits greatly from having Fox as his running mate whereas Siakam has VanVleet lol

He's fine athletically as a center, your thinking of him out of position at PF