This summer, Jaylen Brown has the right to sign a huge five-year, $290 million contract;
Next summer, Tatum has the right to sign a five-year, $318 million megacontract;
Not surprisingly, these are two more premium contracts.
But even if the two sign such contracts separately, it cannot be called a "garbage contract". Because of the contract that is more garbage than them, there are big people!
In this article, we focus on "junk contracts" to see who is in the top 10 garbage contracts in history, and the most garbage contract directly pits the NBA with a full $750 million!
10th place: Dampier, 73 million in 7 years
Dampier, old fans should know him better. This big man, who openly claims to be the "second center in the league", is a complete liar!
In the early stage of his career, he averaged about 8 points and 6 rebounds per game, and he was completely a role player.
In the 03-04 season, when it came to the contract year, Dampier fought hard for the big contract, almost to the point where every ball must be fought for and every ball must be grabbed. The enthusiasm for playing is very high, and I don't forget to brush up on the data during garbage time. Finally, at the end of the season, he had a double-double of 12.3 points and 12 rebounds.
With data as a guarantee, Dampier also knows marketing.
He boasted in front of the media that "I am the second center in this league after O'Neal!" "The media reported that the Maverick boss Cuban was so fascinated that he opened a 7-year, 73 million contract for Dampier.
That was 20 years ago! 73 million is a big contract! And in order to sign Dampier, Cuban didn't even want Nash! Nash was eventually signed by the Suns with a salary of 36 million for 4 years!
After signing this long contract, Dampier immediately returned to his original appearance and began to lie flat and work without contributing. This guy stuck the Maverick's salary space for 7 years, making Cuban regret dying.
Ninth: Roy, 82 million in 5 years
Known as the "Yellow Mamba", Roy was originally the leader of the pioneers' territory.
In 2009, Roy played phenomenal games, averaging 21.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, and was selected as an All-Star for three consecutive years.
So, after the rookie's contract expired, the Blazers did not hesitate to offer him a top salary of 82 million for 5 years.
Judging by his rookie performances, Roy definitely deserved the contract, but injuries changed all that.
Roy already has a history of injury, and a group of "veterinarians" of the Blazers have crippled many Blazers players in a row. Fortunately, the Blazers were prepared and added insurance clauses to Roy's contract.
Sure enough, in the first year after signing the contract, Roy missed 35 games due to injury, and the next year, Roy, who was suffering from injury, directly announced his retirement!
This directly dumbfounded the pioneers! Fortunately, there is an insurance clause, and according to the contract, the insurance company needs to pay $17 million, which somewhat soothes the scars of the Trailblazers' management.
But who would have thought that Roy would come back a year after retiring! But after playing 5 games, he retired injured again!
What ups and downs! But the most injured is the Blazers management, because due to Roy's comeback, although there are only 5 games, the insurance clause is invalid, and the Blazers can't reimburse ...
To say more, Roy is such a pity, and the pioneers are a pity that he is alone!
Eighth place: Luo Er Deng, 72 million in 4 years
In 2016, premium contracts for that year flew due to the entry into effect of a nine-year, $24 billion broadcast contract. Among the beneficiaries is Rohr Deng.
Raoul Deng was indeed lucky, firstly, he encountered a new broadcast contract in effect, and secondly, he encountered the Lakers Buss family infighting. Aunt Jenny and Buzz Jr. earned a lot for the management of the Lakers, and in the end, Aunt Jenny won.
Before the loss, Buss Jr. found Roer Deng and offered him a big four-year, $72 million contract.
You know, at that time, Luo Er Deng had already shown relatively obvious signs of decline, but Little Buzz still offered him a huge contract, which had to make people wonder if Little Buzz deliberately disgusted Aunt Jenny...
Sure enough, Roer Deng lived up to expectations, fell sharply in the first year of signing, was abandoned in the second year, and the Lakers had to negotiate a buyout with him in the third year, and he didn't earn money after losing money...
Seventh place: Rashid Lewis, 118 million in 6 years
In 2007, Lewis signed a six-year, $118 million super max contract with the Magic.
Old fans should know that the magic back then was based on Warcraft as the core, with outside gunners such as Turkoglu and Lewis, to create a one-star offensive system. Lewis is at best a three-in-one in this team.
Although his three points are more reliable, that's all, he is not even a 3D, because his defensive ability is very average. The contract premium is too obvious.
Make a comparison and you will know how outrageous his salary is!
In 2010, Lewis' salary was second only to Kobe Bryant and ranked second in the league!
Within a few years of signing his contract, Lewis' form began to decline significantly, and eventually the Magic had to trade him to the Wizards.
In 2011, the league was shut down, largely because there were a lot of junk contracts like Lewis in the league at that time, which made the team owners miserable and pointed at Lewis. So, with that famous quote from Lewis,
"You gave it to me, did I force you?"
Sixth place: Chandler Parsons, 94.5 million in 4 years
In 2016, Parsons had already undergone multiple surgeries for a knee injury, but the Grizzlies still offered him a four-year contract of 94.5 million.
In his first year in the company, he played just 34 games and averaged just 6.2 points per game, disgusting Grizzlies management.
The following year, Parsons was again plagued by a knee injury and underwent surgery, directly announcing the season reimbursement, leaving the Grizzlies in a daze!
In three years, Parsons played only 95 games, playing poorly and locking up the Grizzlies' salary space.
Parsons can be described as a winner in life, and he has made money almost all of the past three years while lying at home, so later Chandler Parsons got the name "Money gets, afraid of something"
Fifth: Alan Houston, $100 million in 6 years
In 2001, Houston and the Knicks signed a huge contract for $100 million for 6 years. Few people could sign contracts that exceeded 100 million yuan that year, which also indicated that Houston's contract would be saddled with the name of garbage contract.
It stands to reason that although the contract is expensive, Houston can hand over an average of 20+ data per game. However, the accident still happened.
In the fourth year of the contract, Houston abruptly announced its retirement, without even the knowledge of Knicks management. Since the contract is still valid, the Knicks still have to pay the luxury tax in full.
People are gone, and the money has to continue to be paid! This makes the Knicks the big deal!
This also directly led to the league later introduced the "Alan Houston" clause, stipulating that the remaining contracts of players who were cut by the team were not counted in the scope of the luxury tax, but the players' salaries had to continue to be paid!
Fourth place: Arenas, $111 million for 6 years
General Arenas, old fans should have an impression. This guy was a super scorer who could wrench Kobe Bryant at his peak. The peak of his career was between 2004 and 2007, when Arenas suffered a serious knee injury in 2008 and played only 13 matches.
I don't know what's wrong, Arenas chose to jump out of his final year contract after being injured in 2008!
What is even more surprising is that the management of the Wizards handed over a 6-year, $111 million super contract at the first time!
Money given for nothing, who doesn't want it!
So in the first year of signing the contract, Arenas only played 2 games!
The following year, Arenas made a famous locker room gun door incident, which turned the Wizards into a miasma.
So, the Wizards management couldn't bear it anymore and decided to send the garbage contract away.
But what can garbage contracts be exchanged for?
The answer is still junk contracts!
The wizards sent Arenas away in exchange for Lewis mentioned above...
Later, after Arenas retired, some media reporters said that his contract was the most junk contract ever. Arenas replied:
"My contract is the most rubbish? The first in history? Well, I can't argue with that! ”
Third place: John Wall, $170 million in 4 years
In terms of sky-high garbage contracts, the wizards call it second, and no one dares to call it first!
Before there was Arenas,
After there was John Wall.
In 2017, the Wizards reached a four-year, $170 million super maximum salary contract with the core wall.
The contract was renewed early and did not take effect until the 2019-20 season.
But after Wall signed the contract in 2017, he opted for surgery and early reimbursement for next season.
However, when he was raising at home, he accidentally slipped while taking a bath and broke the Achilles tendon of his left foot!
I have to start surgery again.
And I have to recuperate,
Coupled with the shutdown during the epidemic,
Wall took a three-year break! Directly put himself to waste!
Wizards management couldn't bear it anymore, and under Wall's repeated recuperation, gritted their teeth and traded him to the Rockets.
In other words, Wall did not play a single game for the Wizards after signing this maximum salary contract! Do you say that the wizard is not angry?
Wall, who thought he had rested enough, was able to regain his strength with the Clippers after being bought out by the Rockets, but the truth was slapped. Wall will never go back!
Just when Wall struggled with the Clippers, something that made him even more miserable happened!
The Clippers actually traded him back to the Rockets!
And the rocket immediately cut him again!
Within half a year, he was cut twice by the same team and rubbed repeatedly! Shame and humiliation, let Wall explode!
Today's Wall, no one cares, whether he can be seen next season depends on Providence!
Second place: Brad Bill, $251 million for 5 years
That's right!
Wizards again!
Wizards are really TM is a wizard!
The front foot, only to eat Arenas's dumb loss,
The middle foot, planted on Wall's head again,
On the back foot, he gave Bill an even larger garbage contract.
It's really speechless...
It's not that Bill is bad, but this contract is really smelly and long, and the cost performance is too low!
Last summer, the Wizards gave Bill a 5-year, $251 million super max contract, the first contract in history at that time! Although it was broken by the 5-year $271 million of the teacher just a few days later, it is still the second super contract in the history of the league!
Not disrespectful to Bill, but really unworthy of the money!
Beal is not the kind of player who leads the team to the championship, and even he has a hard time leading the team to the playoffs! And last year Bill was 30 years old, and this season has begun to play health basketball, and his form will visibly decline.
Wizards in the next five years, it's time to cry again! But I don't know if after five years, they still don't have a long memory...
First place: Srner Brothers, $750 million in 38 years
In 1976, a big event happened at that time. NBA and ABA announce merger!
But two teams refused to be merged, one of them was called the Elves, and the owner was the Srner brothers.
In the final negotiations, the Union and the Srner brothers agreed. Srner refused to sell the team for cash, instead asking for television rights for the Spurs, Nuggets, Nets and Pacers. The price negotiated at the time was that they could get 1/7 of the income from the TV rights of these four teams per year.
(Note that this contract has no time limit and is always dividend!) ）
You know, in the distant year of 1976, television in American households was far from widespread, when the league's income was mainly based on ticket revenue. So the NBA at that time didn't care about broadcast revenue at all, so it readily agreed!
Later, the brothers suffered a huge deficit due to mismanagement of the company. It was prepared to buy out the television rights contract signed at the time for $8 million, but the alliance would give up to $5 million.
Therefore, the two sides broke up unhappily and the talks collapsed!
Who would have thought that later a young man named Michael Jordan was born and swept the world, and the influence of the NBA quickly spread to the world and became the most popular game in the world.
Coupled with the advancement of technology, American home television gradually became popular, and by the 90s, they could share $4 million in dividends a year.
After the NBA signed a 9-year, $24 billion super broadcast contract in 2014, the NBA made a hard effort to find the Srner brothers, and finally bought out the contract for $500 million after multiple rounds of negotiations!
In these 38 years, the Srner brothers have taken a total of $750 million from the NBA! Very annoying to the Union! Fortunately, it's finally over...
This contract is the absolute garbage contract in the history of the NBA!
【Final Conclusion】
Sorry, epilogue I want to nag some digression.
Most of the above garbage contracts are from the first decade of the new century, and although these contracts are rubbish, these people are the best memories of my NBA decade.
Yao Mai, OK, GDP, Yao Shark Showdown, Four Quarterbacks, Bull and Horse War, Lakers Sun Feud...
At that time, I would save 2 yuan to buy a basketball newspaper, just for the last page of the poster;
At that time, I would use 30M of data per month to watch text live on Nokia, and the data was still exhausted;
At that time, I would skip class and sit at the dining table in the cafeteria, watch the live broadcast of Yang Five, and send text messages to support my team, the Rockets!
When I write this article, my mind is full of the youth of that S, I really miss it!
I'm Huan Xiaochen, thank you for reading
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