The NBA has strict salary limits, which makes teams very cautious when signing contracts, and they need to make every contract play out its value so that it does not have a big negative impact on the team and affect the operation of the team. Although each team is considering the big contract signed after, but still can not avoid signing some garbage contracts, falling into the situation of money spent but not getting the return, this article will take stock of the NBA's top ten garbage contracts.
Tenth: Lassa de Lewis 115 million in six years
Lewis played out at the supersonic speed and became a star, he is superb at shooting, is a space-type big forward, very suitable for "Warcraft" Howard's "one-star four shots" system, in order to let Lewis join the team, the Magic spent a lot of money, through the first sign and then change, the way to change Lewis over.
Lewis's contract is six years 115 million, Lewis became the tenth "Mr. Billion" in the NBA, Lewis in the period after signing the contract, averaged 16.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, which is a two-boss performance, Lewis's performance is not worthy of this contract, but also locked the Magic's salary space, which had a great negative effect on the Magic.
Ninth: Juwan Howard 7 years 105 million
Howard's performance in his rookie season was indeed wonderful, as a striker, he was able to play the third, fourth and fifth positions, known as the "universal striker" by the media, and in the summer of '96, Howard became a fiercely contested player between the Bullets and Heat, with the contract amount rising from 89 million to 105 million.
The winner of this battle is the bullet, they signed a 7-year contract with Howard for 105 million, Howard became the first mr. in the NBA, but after that, Howard's performance did not improve anymore, and, because of injuries, Howard's ability also deteriorated, from a "universal forward" to an ordinary interior line, Howard took the money of the top superstar, but only played a quasi-all-star performance.
Eighth: Alan Houston 100 million in six years
Houston became talented in the Pistons, became famous in the Knicks, he shot god accurately, known as the "King of The Middle Shot", Houston in the case of Ewing's injury, together with teammate Prewell, brought the Knicks to the Finals, so that the Knicks stood on the stage of the Finals again after many years.
After that, in order to retain Houston, the Knicks issued a 6-year, $100 million contract to Houston, after the contract was signed, there were many doubts, after the contract began to take effect, Houston's performance can only be called good, and it was not long before Houston was injured and could not continue to play, and there was a 2-year 40 million contract to occupy the Knicks' salary space, the Knicks Signed the Knicks in a bad situation, the NBA issued a "amnesty clause" for this.
Seventh: Batum 120 million in 5 years
Batum is from Europe, as a striker, he is all-round, the ball quotient is very high, in the 15-16 season, Batum averaged 14.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, the performance is wonderful, worthy of his nickname of "French Pippen", in order to keep Batum, the Hornets issued a five-year, $120 million contract.
Batum naturally signed this contract, in the first season after signing the contract, Batum performed well, but who knows Batum suddenly injured, in bad shape, the performance plummeted, and continued to decline, then look at his contract, that is, 100% garbage contract, did not produce a little benefit to the Hornets, the Hornets spent tens of millions of dollars in vain.
Sixth: Noah 4 years 70 million
Noah is a blue-collar player, but unlike other blue-collar players, Noah can defend, grab rebounds at the same time, but also be able to organize, which is very rare, it is with Noah's ability to respond, the Bulls' offense has changed a lot, but because of injuries, let Noah's state decline, the Bulls dare not renew his contract.
After entering the free market, Noah received a big contract from the Knicks, 4 years 72 million, in 16 years, a blue-collar player can get such a big contract, it is rare, Noah gladly signed, joined the Knicks. After coming to the Knicks, Noah's state did not pick up, averaging 4.6 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2 assists per game was not worthy of his big contract, and the Knicks signed a failure.
Fifth: Mozgov 4 years 64 million
Mozgov became famous in the Cavaliers, he helped the Cavaliers win the championship and became the "championship center", but the small-ball era also began at this time, Mozgov a big center is not very suitable for the times, the role will not be very large, but the Lakers do not believe in evil, they signed Mozgov with 4 years and 64 million US dollars.
After coming to the Lakers, the Lakers' playing style is uncertain, Mozgov can not integrate into the team, Mozgov did not play for a while, and after this, Mozgov was injured again, and finally, the Lakers sent Mozgov away through a loss-making deal, in this deal, the only winner is Mozgov, he got a satisfactory contract, can make the rest of his life carefree.
Fourth: Rohr Deng 4 years 72 million
Deng was in very good shape when the Bulls, is a very capable player, after coming to the Heat, he rejuvenated the second spring, in the summer of 17, after Deng entered the free market, the Lakers took a fancy to him, signed him with a 4-year 72 million contract, but the Lakers' consideration was not meticulous, did not think of Deng's state problem.
After signing this contract, Deng lost his state at the time of the Heat, after all, he is already a veteran, at the same time, the Lakers began to rebuild at this time, the play space to give more space to young people, Deng appeared redundant in the Lakers, and gradually fell out of the rotation, but Deng's contract still occupies the Lakers' salary space, and this season, the Lakers still have to pay Deng a sum of money.
Third: Parsons 4 years 94 million
Parsons played the peak of his career in the Rockets, in order to sign him, the Lone Ranger spent a lot of money, signed Parsons, so that Parsons became a player with an annual salary of less than a million, and suddenly became a player with an annual salary of tens of millions, but this is not the biggest contract that Perkins signed.
In the summer of 16 years, the Grizzlies and Parsons signed a 4-year, 94 million contract, and expected Parsons to play a good performance, but the truth is very cruel, Parsons did not perform well, and was affected by injuries, hung up the free card for a long time, became a player who only took money and did not play, and Parsons' big contract was also occupying the Grizzlies' salary space.
Second: Arenas 111 million in six years
Arenas went from a two-round show to an All-Star, his ability has been greatly improved, able to cut 60 points in a single game, the peak of Arenas is definitely one of the most ferocious defenders in the offensive firepower, for Arenas, the Wizards are very important, hope to keep it, giving him a six-year 111 million contract.
Arenas signed this contract and was ready to do a lot of work in the Wizards, but the injury was as fierce as a tiger, Arenas was severely damaged by the injury, the performance after the injury dropped sharply, and when the state just picked up, he was severely punished for the gun incident, Arenas received the Wizards money, but did not meet the Wizards' expectations of him, and finally left the Wizards in a dim way.
First: Wall 4 years 117 million
Wall did play some good performances after becoming the Wizards' pawn, which made the Wizards full of confidence in Wall and hoped that the two sides could continue to work together, so the Wizards decided to renew Wall in advance and gave Wall a 4-year, $117 million contract, but after the contract was signed, things developed beyond the Wizards' imagination.
Wall first because of injury, truce for a long time, Bai took some salary, and because of the second injury during the recuperation period, resulting in a prolonged offseason, during this period, Wall took tens of millions of Wizards, but did not contribute a point for the Wizards, and Wall was also seriously injured, the Wizards could not stand Wall so occupied the salary space and could not provide value, chose to trade, let Wall go to the Rockets.