WHAT HAPPENED To The WORST NBA Contracts Of The 2010s?

[@BBallRambling]

With regards to Deng only playing 1 game in his second year with the Lakers, he was healthy most of the season. They just chose to sit him out and tank.

[@DASHAWNJOHN]

Yes and people choose to forget they were basically tanking until they got lebron

[@duffal0]

Ousmane

[@SnuggieMaple]

@@DASHAWNJOHNyep

[@huwdavies-tallon3305]

Yep deron Williams would be like 140 mil over 5 years now

[@seandawson5899]

I was like 12 when Derron Williams went to the nets. I thought they would win it all, and then they decided to build around Williams with Paul Pierce and KG. I think that has a lot to do with the lack of Williams' success in Brooklyn

[@Footfaultguy]

Thabks for making me feel old 😂

[@mrrandywatson658]

His fall off needs to be studied

[@billblaski9523]

Deron Williams and Chris Paul were the top 2 PGs at one time

[@BostonBori92]

Williams was a system player who thrived in little Utah with a pick and roll playstyle he was never this lead guard that was gonna become a star that expectation and it being in NYC was the reason he failed

[@tcox881]

What a drop off. He wasn't just a utah system guy. He was a real stud. I know he got injured at first but imo he just got old early like a lot of small guards. Won't knock him in his prime though

[@kingdeedee]

More hilarious 2016 free agency signings: Allen Crabbe 4y $75M Kent Bazemore 4y $70M Ryan Anderson 4y $80M Evan Turner 4y $70M Solomon Hill 4y $52M *Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 4y $52M* 😬 (Additional context: 2016-17 season salary cap was around 94M vs 136M today)

[@drippy2k211]

mozgov

[@ColdHoops]

Anderson was the only one above worth a big pay day. But he was overpaid 20 million. It is what it is

[@craigmcpherson6093]

That Allen crabbe deal lives rent free in my head.

[@kingdeedee]

@@drippy2k211 he mentioned Mozgov in the video

[@ob_gynkenobi4014]

Damn. I forgot about that Crabbe deal. Really bad. Good for him though getting that bag

[@Ehloheim]

i feel like you neglected to mention that biyombo also had a massive playoff run for the raptors where he had a couple 20 point games that led to that higher price point of the contract

[@olivieri2300]

Not only 20 games, he got multiple 20 rebounds games

[@jamiepike6909]

There’s never been a worse “super team” builder than Brooklyn .

[@Footfaultguy]

You should add in inflation into your videos when talking about the older contracts so younger fans can realize how bad they really were

[@FOWBOWZ]

Good idea

[@yeahaight3495]

I’m now surprised that I’ve never seen someone calculate the inflation of an NBA contract before lol…

[@KyleSorenti]

It’d have to be like % of salary cap since nba contracts have far outpaced actual inflation

[@crashlight54]

I'm surprised there was no mention of Evan Turner. Dude was a great sixth man in Boston, and Portland thought he could expand his role as a guy who could set up Dame and CJ, but that just didn't work, he was horrible off ball, injured too often, and not good enough with the ball to justify giving it to him instead of Dame or CJ. Basically the Mason Plumlee of wings

[@moresportinglogically4420]

He was also on the list! I cut him just because there were soooo many 2016 guys.

[@crashlight54]

@moresportinglogically4420 Fair enough. Bazemore was another 2016 guy too, wasn't he? I completely forgot about him until I remembered Atlanta tried the exact same thing with Turner

[@tj5180]

@@crashlight54yes bazemore was a another guy that off season

[@cdeleon3494]

To be fair with noah and deng, coach thibs played those two like there's no tomorrow lmao...

[@carlpeterson8279]

One more: Ben Simmons signed his current contract in summer 2019.

[@yeahaight3495]

There are errors in the section about John Wall. 13:35 “…he was developing into a good passer, as well.” Wall was regarded as one of the league’s premier passers from the moment he was drafted. He had just finished his third consecutive season averaging 10+ assists by the time that you judge he was “developing into a good passer.” 14:10 “… plenty of people were concerned about [$170 million] going to a player who was… not quite a top tier guard yet…” You said it yourself… Wall had just made third team All-NBA. In a league with Westbrook (Prime Thunder), Curry (Prime), Isaiah Thomas (Prime Celtics), CP3 (Clippers), Kyrie (Cavs), Damian Lillard, Mike Conley, Jeff Teague, Jrue Holiday, Kyle Lowry, and more! And, I believe the All-NBA teams were split into “Guards, Forwards, and Centers,” so he was also competing with shooting guards… too many of which to name. I don’t recall any hesitation or backlash about paying Wall that money. The Wizards would have been insane to let him walk.

[@andrem.thomas332]

People love to bash Wall for some reason. John Wall got more blocks than any PG in NBA history.

[@Joe_Parmesan]

Wall's numbers (excluding his efficiency) went up in the playoffs too! And, Washington couldn't win without him playing at an All Star/NBA level. Not once was he carried to any playoff wins on a mediocre/poor performance. Overall, Washington quickly became a below .500 team and has remained there ever since. In the video, he quickly mentioned Mahinmi's contract, but Otto Porter received a max deal, making him the highest paid player in Washington, 2 years before Wall's supermax extension kicked in. In that time, Washington couldn't really do anything to make the team wholly better, because no other team in the league was interested in paying Otto Porter nearly $30M.

[@Joe_Parmesan]

@@andrem.thomas332 I don't get it either. He suffered a devastating injury while being at the top of his game, but people showed they'd rather mock and laugh at him when he worked to come back.

[@georgealvarez1195]

The backlash/hesitation came from the fact that everyone knew its extremely hard to win with your PG as the best/highest paid player. Steph and Isiah Thomas are in their own category for that reason alone

[@phightinphil25]

@@andrem.thomas332 Walk was definitely on pace to be in the HOF before the injuries and the year layoff in Houston. Honestly he'd probably still be around if in a reduced form if he didn't miss 2 out of 3 years so that the Rockets could tank.

[@nbanews4200]

One thing about Bismack that I think is worth note is those two games he had in the playoffs against the Cavs and Lebron that got everyone hyped because the raptors actually won the games so everyone was just a fan of his and they liked how he did the Mutombo finger wage after blocking a shot.

[@Joe_Parmesan]

To add some context for Washington in 2016 and 2017: During the 2016 summer, Mahinmi was over 30 years old and injured at the time, and aside from the previous season with Indiana, he spent most of his career as a backup C (solid player though, who played for the 2010-11 Mavs). Washington signed him to become their backup C, but in doing so, they paid him more than their own starter, Marcin Gortat. Over $30M was going to the C position, as they housed three guys over 30 years old - Jason Smith (about 31 at the time) was signed shortly after Mahinmi. Following the 2016-17 season, Washington got into a bidding war with Brooklyn for Otto Porter, during which Washington threw down a max contract offer for Porter. In response, Brooklyn walked away. With that signing, Porter immediately became the highest paid player on the team, making about $24-27M/yr - more than Wall and Beal (at the time). Keep in mind too that during that 2016-17, Washington traded a 1st round pick (which became Jarrett Allen - a young, defensive-minded C that Washington so badly needed) to get Bojan Bogdanovic for about 6 months, while Kelly Oubre (a recent 1st round pick) waited in the wings - both guys played the same position as Porter. John Wall also signed his supermax extension during that 2017 summer, but the extension did not kick in for another 2 seasons, still leaving Otto Porter as the highest paid player on the team. The extension was a risk that sadly did not pay off, but the contracts that the front office already gave out severely limited the moves Washington could realistically make to improve the roster (outside of possibly trading Bradley Beal). It was especially true for the contracts given to Mahinmi and Porter, because at their price points, they were not desirable for trades.

[@LBFufuEata]

it’s straight up disrespectful, putting Wall on this list. He did so much for that franchise, he deserved every single cent. It’s not his fault he got injured, John Wall was a top five point guards in his prime. He carried us through a lot of losing years.

[@petesmart1983]

Haha he was never top 5 never led them anywhere, poor defender and shooter

[@LBFufuEata]

@@petesmart1983 you don’t know what you’re talking about. The wizards front office never put talent around him Despite that, Wall led us playoffs many times. He got Otto porter and marcin gortat big contracts. He was most definitely top 5 In his prime it was Steph ,dame , wall , kyrie You cant name 3 other players better during that time

[@exa0247]

@@petesmart1983you didn't watch NBA before, he was top 5 PG in the NBA and best PG in the east

[@Joe_Parmesan]

Folks just point the finger at Wall and his supermax while ignoring the Mahinmi and Otto contracts. Those two deals spelled the end of Washington having a chance to make serious improvements to the team.

[@LBFufuEata]

@@Joe_Parmesan walls entire time in Washington, Ernie didn’t put a solid roster around him. The players he had, he helped them over perform. Gortat was out the league the minute he left Washington.

[@SnuggieMaple]

Williams was so good they should’ve kept him in a pick and roll offence like the Jazz and tried to surround him with similar players

[@Unqualifiedtake]

The blow up vs Jerry Sloan was ehy they traded him

[@MoralesCorner]

Ian Mahinmi getting 64 million dollars out of basketball is outrageous.

[@Ploritosky]

I was waiting to see the 52/4 the Bucks gave to Miles Plumlee

[@ethan2060]

That wasn’t even the worst contract the bucks gave, we gave Delly 40 million$ ☠️☠️

[@nicholaspabst6941]

Parsons and Deng had career ending injuries. You need to emphasise that. Parsons was in a nasty car accident that his body never came back from and Deng was diagnosed with his injury pretty soon after his contract

[@radoslawp589]

Kyle Lowry should've been there. He is one of the unfamous Heat culture signings... not mentioning Beasley and Harkless... losing Jae C. at the same time 😢

[@ZioSerpe]

For the record, Josh Smith was a Small Forward at the time, he had played at Small Forward every year of his career in Atlanta. The game changed with the spacing era and he became a power forward, like many others, but at the time he was acquired from Detroit he was considered a 3 and the way he played was how other top tier 3s played at the time, chief among all LeBron. Athletic tall guys who could attack the rim.and had shaky jumpshots.

[@metafade]

JSmoove was a SF in his early ATL years, but moved to the PF position and Marvin Williams stepped into the SF role since he could shoot a little better. 1- Bibby/Kirk/Teague 2- Iso Joe 3- Williams 4- JSmoove 5- Horford

[@bshaddo]

I swear I remember they tried to use him at the 2 a bit (like Durant and Giannis). Either way, even in today’s NBA it’s weird playing him and Marvin Williams at the same time.

[@tj5180]

I think he would’ve been good in the league if his shot selection was their.

[@fortynights1513]

Would a team play someone like him at the 3 now?

[@petesmart1983]

​@@fortynights1513probably center

[@boombazookajoe7480]

Honorable mention: Gilbert Arenas. He was the highest paid player on the team, like $20m a year, and he wasnt even playing smh

[@lenshandcraftedwoodsigns6033]

Great video. You should make a video of which teams won and lost with all the extra cap space in 2016. It could be addition by addition, addition by subtraction, push because some good signings and bad....

[@proa007]

UrinatingTree did a video about the 2016 NBA FA signings (mostly the bad ones). It goes like this: Winner: KD and the Warriors. Loser: Just about everyone else. Especially where several of these bad deals were traded to one another in some bizarro merry-go-round. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6OtlXiaZryHmqs

[@shenaniganszxc57]

It's hard to say there are winners when the Warriors just straight up dominated that era.

[@proa007]

@@shenaniganszxc57 True enough. The amount of stupid money spent, though, is pretty amazing. Some, to be clear, turned out okay (like DeRozan) but holy hell, what a mess of an offseason.

[@shenaniganszxc57]

@@proa007 yea, also was a decent contract at the time was Harrison Barnes. He was good during that Mavs transitioning days

[@explorewithme4707]

I’ve never heard of Ian Mahinmi

[@ColdHoops]

Before your time 🤷‍♂️

[@sting114]

Should’ve attached the names and photos of all the dumb GM who gave out all these ridiculous contracts

[@ryantrujillo3370]

Surprised not to see Deandre Jordan’s max contract with clippers

[@K.I.R.B.]

As a laker fan Mozgovs and Dengs contracts were absolutely horrible 😢

[@petesmart1983]

Deng was a great player before injurys mozgov was never good

[@K.I.R.B.]

@@petesmart1983 facts bro 1000% I actually made a comment on a separate video where I said deng was a baller with the bulls

[@RighteousUncle]

Parsons getting that contract was brain scratching painful even before his injuries.

[@benjaminpadilla4857]

The players learned from Pippen went thru with the Bulls when they took advantage of him . They never compensated for him being top 50 player .

[@Kam-0910]

Deron Williams had surgery on both ankles and his right wrist which is his shooting hand, tendinitis in his foot after he signed that contract. He fell off because he couldn't stay healthy. That's like saying that Derrick Rose had a bad contract with the Bulls because he tore his ACL, then his hamstring after he signed it. Injuries happen.

[@petesmart1983]

Same with Deng fantastic all round player but Injurys

[@ogstudogg]

Never forget Stephen A talking about Josh Smith contract

[@metafade]

Josh Smith would have been a good signing, but being that Detroit had the twin towers of Drummond and Monroe, he couldnt get the looks that he wanted. Plus you have to blame the coaching staff and front office, when you sign a Forward who gets most of his points in the paint, fastbreak, or post, when you got two bigs in drummond and monroe who weren't effective AT ALL past the top of the key, specifically drummond. JSmoove was definitely one of my favorite all time players in ATL, and unfortunately is only remembered for his time in Detroit chucking up 3s and long 2s, when that wasnt his game. Give him the respect that he deserves.

[@fortynights1513]

Sounds like a team that lacked spacing

[@petesmart1983]

He was awful and hugely overated even at the hawks, he just stood at the baseline shooting bricks majority, he was a tweener who wasn't good at pf or sf

[@yo_everett2765]

I remember every single one of these signings since I was high school during all of them and even back then I knew all of these deals were going to be horrible. 😂

[@Disneymagic24]

I think what’s more crazy is how fast these players fell off after signing these deals. Batam was still good , Noah could have had a comeback, deng has a little gas left, but they just forgot how to play basketball eventually

[@gerrylewia6628]

The worst contract ever was the Knicks sign in Ed Curry

[@nicholassimon1419]

Josh Smith had such a weird career. After a while he just literally chose to be a bad player…. I just wish his coaches could have said if you shoot a 3 you’re coming out of the game and not going back in. Like seriously what was he doing? He can’t possibly have thought he was a good 3 point shooter. Just WHYYYY

[@LeetheOG89b]

Batum was worth that money at the time, the Hornets didn't use him right, and injuries tore him down. Notice how he is still in the league on a contending team, unlike the majority of the guys you named. Batum is still going strong

[@markieffmorris9263]

Tobias Harris following in Batum’s footsteps of being an NPC no one will remember.

[@RealJuiceWrld]

I ate the contracts

[@stevencastro593]

Butum definitely was worth the money at the time

[@kidruphio9513]

Chandler Parsons was the worst contract ever!!!90 mill for nothing.

[@Herfav216]

John Wall doesn’t deserve to be on this list

[@olivieri2300]

As a raptors fan, I couldnt get my head around the 4year 60 mil contract to demarre carroll. Right in that 2016 off season. He sucked so hard and he had no reason to be on the team

[@Footfaultguy]

Thought for sure Beal was gonna be after Wall 😂

[@markieffmorris9263]

Beal is a legend compared to Poole and Kuz

[@andrewkelly1337]

I'll admit I'm only 2/3 in but I've seen 2016 free agency videos that don't even mention famous LeBron stopper DeMarre Carroll, hope he gets a mention

[@Jay-ku3ur]

In 2016 I was into my 9th year of a solid Fantasy Bball league. I had Steph as a keeper and traded for Wall early in the season and built my team around those "small stats"... its the only season I won the league. 😂

[@zleej4619]

Can you do the best underpaid players?

[@RM-pg4js]

Dominic Wilkins should be there😂😂

[@bushysowavvey]

I remember Omer Asik’s 3 years 25 mil with the Rockets was looked as this astronomically horrible deal 😂 crazy how that’s Pennie’s now

[@Supermoneygang12]

Pennie’s? Come on bro

[@chikowashere]

Chandler Parsons was in no way "worth it" for the Mavs. He barely played towards the end because he only cared about money and being a celebrity. I'm from Dallas, we were glad when he left. We spent our Free Agent money on a dude that didn't want to be on the court, any court. This at a point where we needed help. A car accident ended his career, and I guarantee that he was happy to have another excuse to stop playing basketball and stop being forced to actually earn income.

[@SnuggieMaple]

Why didn’t you mention how Bismack Biyombo got the contract by playing good in the playoffs

[@goofer42]

Great video, thanks. May i suggest- Gordon Hayward to the Celtics, 4 year, 128 Million USD, immediately gets badly injured? (not his fault of course, but still..)

[@nikobellic8627]

Lmao i remember thinking josh smith was the future of the NBA 😅😅 his Atlanta days were dope tho

[@jemje2007]

Andrew Wiggins was still worth it. He helped warriors win a championship. Without his defense on Jason Tatum, warriors couldn’t win.

[@DontPlaaayyy]

C. Parsons was dump truck 🗑️

[@double_header2]

And the pistons are still rebuilding lol

[@cleokey]

I remember the Lakers contracts of M & D.

[@rudyardganuelas6254]

They had Hibbert the year before and thought “What if we replace hibbert with someone worse on the court, worse off the court, and more expensive?”

[@TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide]

Allen Crabbe’s contract was by far one of the worst.

[@fesc9731]

moving to brooklyn ruined the nets

[@RM-pg4js]

How ? What a piece of land got to do with that issue

[@fesc9731]

@@RM-pg4js this tells me you know nothing about how the economy works or basketball

[@kevine-anaba4348]

that john wall contract was wild 😮. Like, how?

[@draco747]

It wasn’t, just pure bias.

[@ColdHoops]

Dallas offered Nerlens Noel 70 million guaranteed and he turned it down. That there, let me know Dallas can't recruit anybody in free agency🤷‍♂️

[@kevine-anaba4348]

Mavs fan here. It's sad. We can't. IDK what it is. Is it Luka?

[@SoosRamires]

It's mark cuban it's always been cuban he comes off as a douche and that's saying something.

[@calebsmith254]

These are not disasters. 😂 If you are watching NBA in 2015-2016, you should know that cap space sky rocketed AND there were no notable stars in free agency. Teams had 2 options - pay players, or pay fines for not spending their cap space. Almost all of these players are traded away after 1-2 years for cap space. It was a business strategy.

[@mitchsmix269]

Wasnt Bargnanis big contract to the knicks in the 2010s? That one always stuck out as being especially bad to me, even tho I thought he was a good player at the time

[@RM-pg4js]

Grant hill rob Orlando Magic while on crutches 😂😂😂

[@reggiebanksrb10]

Mozgov deserved that contract after the 93 rebound night.

[@mrbobthecat3879]

Think you need to put it into context by how much of the contract took up the cap % wise

[@marshallhollins6185]

Injuries mess up everybody's production don't make them bad players

[@juampasto24]

Please, make a video about the worst contracts of the 2000s

[@ShadowDragonGT]

Knicks signing Noah was trying to recreate the bulls roster

[@damion1011]

Love Evan Turner but dude got like 4/64 in 2016 too lmfao

[@hunterwade9030]

IDK if the 2016 deals were awful because everyone had the money to burn.

[@GoliathGrouper_Esq.]

Otto Porter 4/$106m

[@The_OGJP]

Trading for KG & Pierce 4 years after they won their only chip 😂

[@Antinyourpant]

Where is Ryan Anderson and his four-year 80 million contract, also 2016😅

[@justinjones5296]

Didnt Josh smith aka j-smooth lose all of his money and is playing for ice cube's BIG3 basketbal (which is awesome by the way) fornlike $50,000 a summer....imagine going from 50 million a year to 50,000....

[@dariusbrooks21]

Us Piston’s fans haven’t forgot 😂

[@thesprock5270]

Josh Smith is the Pistons fault. Dude wasn’t a 3. He would dominate today lol

[@Quantum_Humanics]

I was actually not that surprised that biyombo signed a big deal, if you had watched him in the 2015 playoffs he was the sole reason the Raptors beat the heat (I think it was the heat)

[@luke_2078]

Williams was pretty awful in 11-12. 41/34/84 shooting splits. 4 turnovers per game.

[@jayking5452]

Joe Harris contract needs to be on this list

[@dinobabic5115]

i know im gunna get hate for this but kobe's contract was also one of the worst. i love 24 he's my favorite player and i guess you could argue that him being the icon he is still provided some utility to the team. but when that deal was announced i was so deflated. i knew right away the lakers were done for. honestly one of the most boneheaded things that both LA and kobe himself ever did

[@daviddurnin3542]

Solomon Hill and Omer Asik lol

[@thefreshexpress8615]

Why were you blurring out the scores?

[@Blafard666]

LOL, bruh 64M for Timofeï Fucking Mozgov is by far the worst contract of that era 😆

[@rdubb6592]

Not mentioning Bismack Biyombo’s insane 2016 playoff run is really bad work. That’s the sole reason he got that massive contract and you just chose to not even give it one single mention… lazy

[@tylito4764]

I dont wanna hear that 20 mil a year is a bad deal these days. GEt outta here

[@JR-he6fn]

if you had d.will j.smith and l.deng on your roster in 2010 that would be a great team. a big 3 of that time

[@isRobin]

Kinda some disrespect to Parsons. He was in a life changing car accident.

[@marvdatboi]

Nets still paying for their mistakes 😂

[@cultureinc1135]

Where’s Ben Simmons !?

[@denzelguillen3754]

i like this type of content

[@joelreyes978]

forgot to mention tobias harris!!

[@petesmart1983]

Basically majority got injured

[@theronreed8119]

I see you don't have Ben simmons on this list.

[@lostone9700]

Smith was drafted as a 3 problem is hes ben simmons if simmons shot the ball.

[@Mr_OEM_Toys]

Ben Simmons contract is the worst contract ever. I don't care what anyone says. He straight finese the NBA 😅

[@oscaralvarez247]

Andrew Wiggins needs to pay that money back cuz he was always hot ass

[@hunterwade9030]

Solomon Hill had a funny contract

[@anthonynewmedia5065]

Otto Porter 100 million 😂

[@bizbaby]

Weird you didn’t mention Chandler Parsons at all… had a lot of energy for other players contracts tho

[@jimbodaboi]

bro what 💀

[@moresportinglogically4420]

Weird that you didn’t watch the entire video?

[@daniellatkowsky6284]

He said he has maybe one of the worst contracts of all time

[@bizbaby]

@@moresportinglogically4420 watched it twice I didn’t hear him mentioned.

[@bizbaby]

@@daniellatkowsky6284 shoot me the timestamp I missed it

[@VitaminKey5000]

Dawggg Jeff Teague trash on defense 🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@The_OGJP]

What happened to Greg Monroe?!

[@BiglordDbigeye]

I guess Duncan Robinson redeemed himself