End of the bench minimum, sure. Tie up 17M? There better be a pretty good carrot attached to that.
The problem with Biyombo is that he has flashed elite defense, but is *so* bad offensively that he's been a net negative for most of his huge contract.
If tied for multiple years, it is indeed a bad contract. But it's only up until next year. That's not much of a bad deal, especially if Danny aims to target better FA the following year. Didn't he overpaid Amir Johnson so that he can keep and free up cap spaces with Durant's free agency?
His offensive deficiencies can easily covered by majority of the players in the team. If Baynes and Turner can carve up playing time with limited shooting, then Biyombo can.
I agree with Hornets attaching more sweeteners for the deal like picks and non-guaranteed contracts.