remember the draymond "involuntary" nut kicks. he got off real free from that
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
in terms of his rep i mean, obviously he got punished for it at the time
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 23:33 (three years ago) link
voted parsons bc dude did that guy's career crater or what, but this list is an abomination and choosing is somewhat arbitrary, what a summer that was
― Clay, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
Some parallels to what happened in the world that year...
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
the worst contracts as far as win shares produced for the team that signed the contract (just cutting it off at <2 win shares):
miles plumlee 0.1 (!) - traded in feb 2017 for roy hibbert, who never played for the bucks, and spencer hawes, who produced an additional .6 win sharesmozgov 1.1parsons 1.3dellavedova 1.8
so it has to be parsons given the extra $30M. admittedly, the plumlee era in milwaukee was hazy but in reading back it seems that he just never fit and never played since they had to find time for the squad of jon henson, greg monroe, and thon maker. but they traded him for expirings and other than opportunity cost no real harm was done.
what's interesting looking back is that a lot of these guys had decent 1st and 2nd seasons on these contracts before meeting the cliff. good reminder that role players/bench guys are can have very fleeting/random performance peaks.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 01:38 (three years ago) link
I'm voting mozgov, but I admit it's a target rich environment and almost every vote is a prospective winner!
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 02:03 (three years ago) link
the year before miles plumlee signed this deal he averaged 14 minutes, 5 points and 4 boards. this past season, after being waived, his $12.5m salary was more than several legit starting quarterbacks and all but nine players in the entire NHL
i mean i know it's a different game and there are far fewer players etc. but that is still amazing to me
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 02:25 (three years ago) link
NBA players have it good it’s true
― Spottie, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 02:33 (three years ago) link
when you break it down that's why i chose to become an nba player
― Clay, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link
Mozgov had a ton of talent but he was just always injured. Another in the long list of super heavyweight nba players who couldn’t stay healthy.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 02:40 (three years ago) link
i'm thinking i should've voted for delly... $40 million for -- at best -- a back up point guard is completely crazy. at least the rest of these guys are either tall, or could shoot... tho now we return to the question of evan turner. hmmmmmm
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 21 October 2020 03:52 (three years ago) link
delly getting that deal led to other australian backup pgs getting basically the same deal, a v dark time
― cointelamateur (m bison), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 04:05 (three years ago) link
Patty was playable at least!
― Spottie, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 04:23 (three years ago) link
v much so, we love patty
― cointelamateur (m bison), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
In a Mills vs. Dellavedova debate, Patty wins 100% of the time.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Thursday, 22 October 2020 03:28 (three years ago) link
in my win shares research delly and turner were the next two guys on the list, somewhere between 2 and 3 iirc
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 October 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
Good work cad. I remember iggy had a funny reaction to turner getting that deal.
― Spottie, Thursday, 22 October 2020 05:38 (three years ago) link
Another notable contract not listed was the Conley contract for 5 years 152M for the Grizz. Was the highest contract in league history for a bit there. Pretty insane for a guy that never made an all Star or all nba team.
― Spottie, Thursday, 22 October 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
this is a v. tough poll
― micah, Thursday, 22 October 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
i cant remember who i voted for now lol
― Spottie, Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
Just now seeing this thread. Had to vote Parsons because, in addition to the spot-on statistical analysis upthread, unlike most of these guys they were really relying on him to be a key piece. In understanding teams’ interest in Evan Turner despite his complete inability to shoot, I think his lovable self-deprecating sense of humor about his complete inability to shoot is an underrated factor.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 29 October 2020 03:23 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 5 November 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
seems about right
― Spottie, Thursday, 5 November 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
Breaking: Luol Deng is officially off the books pic.twitter.com/IcxFrbHMdX— The Pettiest Laker Fan 🤫 (@ThePettiestLA) April 11, 2022
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 02:14 (two years ago) link
lmaoooo we picked the correct winner
Chandler Parsons speaks on what really happened when he signed with the Grizzlies. We knew this but I can’t believe bro said the quiet part out loud 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/wgeWz9avwP— John Martin (@JohnMartin929) January 11, 2023
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link
lmfao bravo
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
forget which podcast but I heard he buys drinks for the house “to john hollinger”
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 11 January 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
haha
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link
omg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
much appreciated guy 🤙🏻🤙🏻 https://t.co/q5LyOBNJZh— Chandler Parsons (@ChandlerParsons) December 16, 2021
― omar little, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link
― k3vin k., Wednesday, January 11, 2023 2:27 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
haha this was great, it's tim mcmahon's story iirc
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 21:00 (one year ago) link
man... jon leuer hitting the pistons for $42 million
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 January 2023 21:08 (one year ago) link
Miles Plumlee, Milwaukee Bucks -- 4 years, $52M 0Ian Mahinmi, Washington Wizards -- 4 years, $64M Bismack Biyombo, Orlando Magic -- 4 years, $70M 0Dwight Howard, Atlanta Hawks -- 3 years, $70M
these are laugh out loud funny
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 11 January 2023 21:11 (one year ago) link
it's almost as interesting to ask which of these was the best. is there even a single acceptable answer to that question?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:24 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
coming back to this and i'm as stumped as ever. has to be ryan anderson?
still gotta go with harrison barnes pretty easily
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
its wild that a bunch of teams for few days one summer convinced themselves thats their actions had no consequences
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link