Pick the worst contract so far this summer.

[E.H. Munro]

Originally Posted by e-monk

emh why are you talking about Bass? didnt the Celtics just sign him back as well? they have both so it's not like they went with green instead of bass, it's just that they decided to pay him twice as much

Are my initials really that hard to remember? Anyway, it's the difference between Bass playing 35 minutes a game with Jared Sullinger as a backup and Bass playing 20-25 minutes a game, with Green available to be the backup SF, and Sullinger only getting minutes that he's earned rather than "Christ, we can't throw Tiny Gallon out there, send in the Subway guy". Again, what vet minimum PF options out there were better?

Originally Posted by e-monk

andd btw Green isnt that much better defensively and um, rebounding

Actually he isn't and he isn't. I mean last year, sure. But overall Bass is a just a better offensive rebounder, but as he really isn't any good at that either it ends up being a wash. Bass is a single position defender, and not a terribly good one due to the size limitations. Green at least defends two spots. But that's the reason they elected to gamble on him. He provides them with coverage at both forward spots. No one likes the contract, and no one's saying that he's ever likely to be better than average. But if he gets back to average then Boston has made a huge upgrade.

[e-monk]

but paid for both and too much for too long for at least one of them

[E.H. Munro]

Actually they paid too much and too long for both of them. Bass is now getting Glen Davis money and actually isn't a better player. But, again, they had to keep them because their only other option was to renounce everyone and get into a bidding war for Kris Humphries or Jason Thompson. And then have limited resources to upgrade everywhere else.

[-James-]

Originally Posted by ChrisWoj

My bad. What happened to the initial reports that Asik was receiving something along the lines of 5M/5M/15M? When did that change?

NBA is so illegal. Basically they would have only become backloaded if the Knicks/Bulls were to have matched.

[LA68]

The worst contract is Ryan Anderson 4yr / 34 mil.

He showed in the playoffs that he is useless without the dominant center in the league on his teams. If he starts, that means young, thin Davis is your post man.

Davis doesn't have near enough skill or reputation to get a double team. Meaning Anderson won't be left wide open.What else can he do to help your team win ? Tall guys that shoot three's grow on trees. No need to lock this guy up on a supposed "rebuilding team"

[E.H. Munro]

You know what, I completely forgot about Troy Murphy's bastard son. You're right, that is ****ing awful.

[hobojoe]

Best move the Magic have made in a while was not giving Ryan Anderson a big payday. People will talk about what he can and cannot do -- he does two things very well, spot up shooting and offensive rebounding. He's below average to very bad at everything else.

[LA68]

Originally Posted by hobojoe

Best move the Magic have made in a while was not giving Ryan Anderson a big payday. People will talk about what he can and cannot do -- he does two things very well, spot up shooting and offensive rebounding. He's below average to very bad at everything else.

He's like Novak with the Knicks. Stand in front of him and he's useless. For all the Magic have done, at least they got this one right !

[hobojoe]

Open or not, he's useless if his feet aren't set when he catches the ball. Very good offensive rebounder though.