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All-Bad Contract Teams
All-Bad Contract Team
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by Doug Roberts
First Team
C Raef LaFrentz, Dallas - This season, Raef will make just under $8.2 million, considerably more than Brad Miller, Alonzo Mourning, Rasho Nesterovich, Michael Olowakandi, or Kurt Thomas. My guess is that Dallas would rather have any of those guys than LaFrentz, who grabbed 4.8 rebounds per game last season. Unfortunately, they're likely stuck with the former Kansas Jayhawk until after the 2008-09 season - when they'll pay him more than $12.7 million.
F Vin Baker, Boston - No need to explain Baker's inclusion on this team. This season, he'll have $13.5 million to spend on anti-depressants and Little Debbie's snack cakes.
F Grant Hill, Orlando - If I were Orlando general manager John Gabriel, I'd take a crowbar to Hill's (relatively) good ankle, rather than pay him than the approximately $60 million he's due between now and the summer of 2007. Hill has played a total of 47 games since joining the Magic in the summer of 2000, and there's no reason to believe he has another 47 in him. Stop screwing Orlando, Grant. It may be difficult to come to grips with your mortality, but it's the right thing to do. If your rehab is successful, come back next season, or the year after. Take somebody's mid-level or low-level exception.
G Allan Houston, New York - Another no-brainer. Houston would be a nice role-player on a championship contender, but he's not worth half of the nearly $16 million the Knicks will pay him this season. In 2006-07, he'll make $20.718 million, before taking what could be the biggest pay cut in NBA history.
G Anfrenee Hardaway, Phoenix - He's injury-prone, he's the Suns fourth option, and he'll make $13.5 million this year. Like Vin Baker, he'll "earn" $15.75 in the 2005-06, the final year of his contract. Lots of pennies for Penny.
Second Team
C Brad Miller, Sacramento - A controversial selection, but I think the Kings were far too generous with Miller. If he becomes a suitable replacement for Vlade Divac, I'll apologize for including him on this squad. If not, Sacramento is stuck with him through the 2009-10 season, when he'll make $12.5 million. This year, he'll be the league's highest paid back-up center.
F Austin Croshere, Indiana - His contract is notoriously bad: It runs till 2006-07, when he'll steal $9.56 million (presumably) from the Pacers.
F Antawn Jamison, Dallas - What role will Jamison take on in Dallas? Well, he'll battle Raef LaFrentz for most overpaid Maverick. He's owed about $70 million over the next five seasons.
G Jalen Rose, Chicago - I had misgivings about Rose's inclusion, because I like his game. He's versatile, he can handle, he can score. But his skills don't justify the $16.9 million he'll make in 2006-07, because he isn't a nuclear player. Jalen Rose fun fact: this year, his salary will be $250 lower than Tracy McGrady's. If Rose were a Knick, the New York media would call a T-Mac for Jalen trade a distinct possibility.
G Michael Dickerson, Memphis - A poor man's Penny Hardaway, he showed he could score, got a big contract, and started breaking down. Dickerson has played 10 games over the past two years. If he maintains his average by playing five times this season, he'll make about $1.2 million per contest. The really bad news for Memphis? He's locked up through 2007-08.
Third Team
C Calvin Booth, Seattle - He's battling Jerome James and Vitaly Potapenko for the starting center job in Seattle, and Utah's John Amechi for the title of "Best NBA big man from Penn State." To put it another way, he's worth less than a fifth of the nearly $5.5 million he'll take home this year. In 2006-07, he'll get almost $7 million - which will have to sustain him while he's finishing his career in Israel or Venezuela.
F Brian Grant, Miami - Grant played admirably last year, averaging a double double as a ludicrously undersized center. That being said, he ranks among the league's top 30 in salary size, and I don't think anybody that's not related to him would place Grant in the league's top 30 players.
F Tim Thomas, Milwaukee - The best news about Thomas' contract is that it expires after the 2005-06 season. Between then and now, the Bucks owe TT nearly $30 million. Milwaukee better hope that Thomas' playoff performance this season (17.8 ppg, 57% 3pt) indicates things to come... I'll believe it when I see it.
G Shandon Anderson, New York - I had to double-check the Knicks roster to make sure Anderson was still on it. Is it any wonder New York hates Scott Layden? Last year he paid Anderson in excess of $6 million to score 8 points a game. What will he produce in 2006-07 for $8.5 million? Honorable mention to Howard Eisley, who New York has the option to keep in '06-07 for $7.4 million. Knowing Layden, they'll extend him before then.
G Derek Anderson, Portland - Derek Anderson has played on four teams in six NBA seasons. That's because he's an expendable player. Not a bad player, but of a type that's abundant in today's NBA. He's a young Kendall Gill or an old Gordon Giricek; he's a rich man's Jon Berry, a poor man's Eddie Jones - Jones' contract is bad, too, but I loved watching him at Temple, so Anderson gets the nod here. He'll make exactly $9.7425 million in 2006-07.
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