most OUTRAGEOUS 2015 Free Agent Signing?

[Infinite_limit]

DeMarre Carroll, SF, Toronto Raptors, 4-years, $60 million
Robin Lopez, C, New York Knicks, 4-years, $54 million
Rajon Rondo, PG, Sacramento Kings, 1-year, $9.5 million
Amir Johnson, PF, Boston Celtics. 2-years, $24 million
Al-Farouq Aminu, SF, 3-years, $30 million, Portland


DeAndre Jordan, Dallas Mavericks, 4-years, $80 million
Greg Monroe, Milwaukee Bucks, 3-years, $50 million
Ed Davis, PF/C, Portland Trailblazers, 3-years, $20 million
Tyson Chandler, C, Phoenix Suns, 4-years, $52 million

[Chris]

Kevin Love's contract

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The Chandler deal is a gasser. Totally indefensible.

[Shane27]

Carrol's is pretty bad, but he has potential to get better. I think that Robin Lopez got paid wayyy too much, but the Knicks had to do something. Someone else would have probably paid him around that amount anyway, unfortunately. Amir Johnson is way overpaid. I like Ed Davis' deal. Monroe at 16 per actually isn't that bad compared to Deandre, Robin Lopez, etc. Deandre Jordan was not worth a 20 mil per anywhere but the clips. The mavs are stupid if they think he can be "the man." He isn't going to magically develop an offensive game. Tyson's would have been fine if it was a 2 year deal. I don't know how productive he will be in 3 years since he relies on athleticism a lot. Rondo's deal is fine since it's 1 year. Who knows, maybe he reverts back to old form with 2 new stars around him. I'm honestly not sure which is the most outrageous. There have been a lot of terrible deals handed to players this offseason.

[spurraider21]

Carroll and Shumpert come to mind

[spurraider21]

The Chandler deal is a gasser. Totally indefensible.
chandler deal was an all-in play for LMA that fell flat on its face. now they're stuck with him and won't want him within a year

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chandler deal was an all-in play for LMA that fell flat on its face. now they're stuck with him and won't want him within a year

I can't believe that. They knew they stood no chance at LMA, 21. None.

But, you're right,,,regardless...they "won't want him within a year."

[Shane27]

Carroll and Shumpert come to mind

Forgot about shump's. Guess the cavs decided this is the squad they will go with for the next 3 years or so. Unless they make some trades.

[Thread]

Carroll and Shumpert come to mind

What did the Shump get?

[MeloHype]

What did the Shump get?
4yr/40 million

[Venti Quattro]

David West taking a huge payout is kind of outrageous, but a good kind of outrageous.

[Splits]

Reggie Jackson 5/80 is by far the worst

[Shane27]

Reggie Jackson 5/80 is by far the worst

Forgot about that one as well. Terrible. Similar player in Isaiah Thomas gets 4/27. LOL. I remember people though Boston was stupid for getting him because he was overpaid. He may not be great, but is undoubtedly worth it at that price.

[Clipper Nation]

DeLusional Jordan's $80 mil albatross is the worst.

[Thread]

4yr/40 million


I like the Shump, but, not for that much. Christ.

[benefactor]

Reggie Jackson 5/80 is by far the worst

[GrizzliesDynasty]

None as outrageous as Kirby contract

[Buddy Mignon]

David West is the big loser.

[GrizzliesDynasty]

David West is the big loser.


Meh, the biggest losers are Laker ticket holders.

[Raven]

has to be either aminu or carroll. belinelli too

[Raven]

chandler deal was an all-in play for LMA that fell flat on its face. now they're stuck with him and won't want him within a year

he's a good fit next to markieff so i wouldn't call it a bad deal

[cjw]

Rondo deal is only bad because they gave up two firsts (Stauskas and a future one) plus two potential first round pick swaps in order to get the cap space to sign him and Marco.

Three Spurs guys getting MLE-plus money (Marco, CoJo and Baynes) is pretty darn impressive too when you consider that Splitter is only making a little more than each of them.

[Raven]

Forgot about that one as well. Terrible. Similar player in Isaiah Thomas gets 4/27. LOL. I remember people though Boston was stupid for getting him because he was overpaid. He may not be great, but is undoubtedly worth it at that price.

i can hardly think of two players that are playing the same position and are more different than those two.

[Nathan89]

Aminu isn't a bad contract. Shump's is way worse.

[Silver&Black]

Reggie Jackson 5/80 is by far the worst

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[Blizzardwizard]

Damn, Aminu got PAID :wow

[Mark Celibate]

Don't know why the guest team signed role players to big contracts, if they're really set to tank.

[ElNono]

Jimmy Butler 5/$95m is pretty damn terrible, tbh

[ElNono]

What did the Shump get?


4yr/40 million

That's not a bad deal for Shumpert, tbh

[ElNono]

Reggie Jackson 5/80 is by far the worst

definitely

[Mark Celibate]

5yr/80m was the price that the top dogs like Lebron got after their rookie contracts were up back in the 2000s tbh.

[HarlemHeat37]

Virtually all of the Cavs' deals were terrible, but obviously it wasn't strictly about basketball..

Jackson's deal looks bad, but you have to overpay players to play in Detroit, same with Carroll to the Raptors..

The Wes Matthews deal is pretty bad IMO, but I guess the Mavs didn't really have a choice.

[Shane27]

i can hardly think of two players that are playing the same position and are more different than those two.

I was just saying that they are 2 undersized pg's, shouldn't have said similar players.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

What's gone on with Tristan Thompson, tbh? I hear LeBron threatened to leave if the Cavs don't re-up him.

[JamStone]

I said in another thread that no contract this summer should be surprising or laughable. None of them really are. When you factor how the salary cap will raise to nearly $90 million the following season and is projected to be over $100 million the season after, these contracts aren't going to seem that bad after this season even if the players don't live up to expectation. And with most contracts having 4 years max as opposed to the 7 year deals they used to sign a few years ago before the most recent CBA, we're not talking about longterm crippling impact like the contracts of Rashard Lewis or Gilbert Arenas. I mean, you can call pretty much 98% of NBA contracts ridiculous by any measure. But taking into consideration a lot of things, a very rare few that have been signed this off season are as bad as many think.

As for Reggie Jackson, I didn't want the Pistons to re-sign him at all. I'm not much of a fan. But Harlem was right the Pistons probably needed to overpay to keep him. And if you look at his stats once he came to Detroit and started, he was putting up 19 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds. Small sample size, but if the Pistons front office believe that's the type of production he can consistently bring going forward, then compare that to guys like Goran Dragic and Brandon Knight and the contract seems rather commensurate to the likely market value.




I was just saying that they are 2 undersized pg's, shouldn't have said similar players.

Reggie Jackson is 6'3 with a 7 foot wingspan. If you were comparing him to Thomas with respect to size, it's inaccurate.

[HarlemHeat37]

I said in another thread that no contract this summer should be surprising or laughable. None of them really are. When you factor how the salary cap will raise to nearly $90 million the following season and is projected to be over $100 million the season after, these contracts aren't going to seem that bad after this season even if the players don't live up to expectation. And with most contracts having 4 years max as opposed to the 7 year deals they used to sign a few years ago before the most recent CBA, we're not talking about longterm crippling impact like the contracts of Rashard Lewis or Gilbert Arenas. I mean, you can call pretty much 98% of NBA contracts ridiculous by any measure. But taking into consideration a lot of things, a very rare few that have been signed this off season are as bad as many think.

As for Reggie Jackson, I didn't want the Pistons to re-sign him at all. I'm not much of a fan. But Harlem was right the Pistons probably needed to overpay to keep him. And if you look at his stats once he came to Detroit and started, he was putting up 19 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds. Small sample size, but if the Pistons front office believe that's the type of production he can consistently bring going forward, then compare that to guys like Goran Dragic and Brandon Knight and the contract seems rather commensurate to the likely market value.





Reggie Jackson is 6'3 with a 7 foot wingspan. If you were comparing him to Thomas with respect to size, it's inaccurate.

I hate Reggie Jackson's game, but he was semi-impressive down the stretch, tbh, and he's under 25 years old IIRC..

Van Gundy has proven he can regularly get the best out of his players, he did it with Jennings before his injury, I don't think it's that bad of a deal considering it's tough to attract Free Agents to Detroit..

You can't sign proven stars every year, and you can't tank every year..it's not easy for teams like the Pistons..

[Holden_Caulfield]

aron baynes comes to mind. for a 4th big, thats too expensive

[Raven]

I was just saying that they are 2 undersized pg's, shouldn't have said similar players.

yeah, 6-3 with 7-0 wingspan is clearly undersized for a pg

[JamStone]

I hate Reggie Jackson's game, but he was semi-impressive down the stretch, tbh, and he's under 25 years old IIRC..

I hate Reggie's game too. I think he spent too much time with Westbrook because he plays a lot like him, except he's not as talented. He puts up numbers, but in a very selfish manner. Even his assists aren't a product of being unselfish, but him looking for highlight plays and a product of him dominating the ball so much. I actually liked the way Brandon Jennings was playing after the Josh Smith release a lot. And when Jennings was off with his shot, he didn't take a lot of attempts but would still be engaged, still made plays. I think Jennings was starting to "get it" before the achilles injury.

[Shane27]

yeah, 6-3 with 7-0 wingspan is clearly undersized for a pg

I could have sworn he was 6 foot or 6'1". Oh well haha. Reggie does play the game terribly. He thinks he needs to be on the man on the team, but definitely does not have the talent to do so.

[Raven]

I could have sworn he was 6 foot or 6'1". Oh well haha. Reggie does play the game terribly. He thinks he needs to be on the man on the team, but definitely does not have the talent to do so.
are you sure you're not confusing him with someone else tbh, because he is pretty much known as "just a physical specimen" with no consistent jumper. Which is why i thought your comparison is weird since IT is a smurf with a killer shot and great handles.

[Agloco]

DeMarre Carroll, SF, Toronto Raptors, 4-years, $60 million
Robin Lopez, C, New York Knicks, 4-years, $54 million
Rajon Rondo, PG, Sacramento Kings, 1-year, $9.5 million
Amir Johnson, PF, Boston Celtics. 2-years, $24 million
Al-Farouq Aminu, SF, 3-years, $30 million, Portland


DeAndre Jordan, Dallas Mavericks, 4-years, $80 million
Greg Monroe, Milwaukee Bucks, 3-years, $50 million
Ed Davis, PF/C, Portland Trailblazers, 3-years, $20 million
Tyson Chandler, C, Phoenix Suns, 4-years, $52 million

Ummm, David West 1 year 1.5 million?

[140]

None as outrageous as Kirby contract

[random21]

aron baynes comes to mind. for a 4th big, thats too expensive

Aaron Baynes was a bad contract.......
T.Chandler comes in 2nd.

[Stabula]

David West's contract is the most outrageous but in a different way

[TheCultOfPersonality]

The Mavericks giving 4 years $80 million to a 6'11 center with no offensive talent and a overrated defender is definitely the worst.

[Mark Celibate]

The Mavericks giving 4 years $80 million to a 6'11 center with no offensive talent and a overrated defender is definitely the worst.
But I heard that Demonkey has reneged on his previous agreement and decided to stay in LA?

[benefactor]

This shit show in Houston tops the list. Might be one of the most talked about signing events in NBA history...for all the wrong reasons of course.:lol

[Mark Celibate]

Houston is a city of shit and shame. If I were Cuban I'd rather throw all my money into the Mexican Gulf than pay a fucking dime for a Houston native tbh.

[sexinthatsx]

The worst one has to be Cory Joseph getting 30 mil for 4 years... 7.5 mil for a 3rd string player is pretty wack.

[spursistan]

All Spurs 3rd stringers got overpaid, tbh..

[spursistan]

Wes Matthews gets bumped up there..

[baseline bum]

God, Matthews at 4 years, $70 million is the worst contract I have seen since that huge one Eddy Curry got.