Overpaid//bound-to-screw-up/potentially-or-outright bad moves this offseason?

[Liam W]

4yr $27mill for Glen Davis

haha. thats absolutley ludacris, and Im glad Danny passed the pudding on this one

Davis is fat and garbage, and for that money I can see him getting much fatter

$7mill a season for Glen Davis? Wow thats just ridiclous to me

[Q_FBE]

Oh, and of course perhaps the worst contract of them all:  Big Baby at 4 years, $27 million.  $6.75 million per year on a long-term contract for a guy who has battled weight issues and who isn't starter material.

Are you serious??? Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline. at that one. I thought this lockout was supposed to restore reasonable contracts. That is way too much for a role player like Glen Davis. Of course he might be a starter and lead dog for Orlando for a long time who after D12 leaves will likely be a perrenial lottery team.

[pearljammer10]

Well it's not something that happened in the off season, but Kendrick Perkins getting that contract for that length of time is crazy by OKC.

He is way overpaid in my opinion. If he had survived a year without injuries and proven himself in their system then maybe it's almost justified.
Still, they could have gone after any top FA center 6 months later and now they're stuck with Perk and Ibaka- probably the worst scoring front court on a contender this season.

Based on what I saw of Perk with the Thunder and reports I seem to remember of his calling out Thunder players in a "not so nice way," I was wondering if he might get amnestied.  They must be praying for a big improvement this season, because that was a fat extension he landed.

Why would they even think of amnestying their starting center whom they just traded their third best player for? Perk really is overpaid compared to other centers aroudn the league... Dude lost 32 pounds in the offseason. He was brought there to add leadership and spark a fire under his teammates behinds.

[snively]

Odom for a trade exception and a low-value pick strikes me as the worst move.  Imagine if we did the same thing with Ray Allen.

Gotta love how ballsy the Knicks were with the Billups amnesty and Chandler signing: easily the most unexpected move.

[TA9]

Yall can add Kwame Brown to the List. 1 year 7 mil with the Warriors...

Bad moves for the C´s is Definitely Sasha Pavlovic.
This guy is garbage.
I mean just look at our Roster!
C: Jermaine
PF: Kevin/JaJuan/Bass/Wilcox
SF: Pierce/Green/Pavlovic
SG: Ray/Avery/Daniels/Moore
PG: Rondo/Dooling

Thats 14 players. I was just p---ed off when i saw that Danny pulled this move.
We clearly need a real center. We coulda signed Aaron Gray or what ever cheap instead of a bum like Pavlolic.
Besides that our Camp player Gilbert Brown is 10x the player Sasha is. The only thing Sasha has that Gilbert doesnt is experience.

[Roy H.]

I'm surprised people hate the one year deal for Kwame so much.  So, he's overpaid, but one year deals don't hurt your cap flexibility. 

[PosImpos]

I'm surprised people hate the one year deal for Kwame so much.  So, he's overpaid, but one year deals don't hurt your cap flexibility. 

yeah, it's a similar principle to the Green deal.  if you're willing to pay that money for a year, why not?

[European NBA fan]

Oh, and of course perhaps the worst contract of them all:  Big Baby at 4 years, $27 million.  $6.75 million per year on a long-term contract for a guy who has battled weight issues and who isn't starter material.

Are you serious??? **** at that one. I thought this lockout was supposed to restore reasonable contracts. That is way too much for a role player like Glen Davis. Of course he might be a starter and lead dog for Orlando for a long time who after D12 leaves will likely be a perrenial lottery team.

If it is on Dwight's list of demands to stay, then it is cheap. If it doesn't work out that way, then it's ridiculous.

[TA9]

I'm surprised people hate the one year deal for Kwame so much.  So, he's overpaid, but one year deals don't hurt your cap flexibility. 

yeah, it's a similar principle to the Green deal.  if you're willing to pay that money for a year, why not?

Dont get me wrong. I actually like how Kwame has improved since leaving LA..
He clearly had a breakout season last year, but really this guy is not worth 7 mil for a single year.

[Roy H.]

I'm surprised people hate the one year deal for Kwame so much.  So, he's overpaid, but one year deals don't hurt your cap flexibility. 

yeah, it's a similar principle to the Green deal.  if you're willing to pay that money for a year, why not?

Dont get me wrong. I actually like how Kwame has improved since leaving LA..
He clearly had a breakout season last year, but really this guy is not worth 7 mil for a single year.

He's not necessarily worth it (especially when a vastly superior player like Perk is making $8 million), but at the same time, in a lot of ways 1 year, $7 million is better than a more "reasonable" deal like 3 years, $15 million.  If Kwame absolutely tanks this year, it's easy to replace him next season, without an anchor on a team's cap.

[Fafnir]

I'm surprised people hate the one year deal for Kwame so much.  So, he's overpaid, but one year deals don't hurt your cap flexibility. 

I think the biggest issue is that they used their Amnesty on Charlie Bell to create cap room for the Jordan offer sheet and Kwame.

This is while they keep paying Biedrins $9 million per year....

[Who]

I'm surprised people hate the one year deal for Kwame so much.  So, he's overpaid, but one year deals don't hurt your cap flexibility. 

yeah, it's a similar principle to the Green deal.  if you're willing to pay that money for a year, why not?

Dont get me wrong. I actually like how Kwame has improved since leaving LA..
He clearly had a breakout season last year, but really this guy is not worth 7 mil for a single year.

He's not necessarily worth it (especially when a vastly superior player like Perk is making $8 million), but at the same time, in a lot of ways 1 year, $7 million is better than a more "reasonable" deal like 3 years, $15 million.  If Kwame absolutely tanks this year, it's easy to replace him next season, without an anchor on a team's cap.

Jerry West just had an interview the other day where he basically said he didn't like signing mediocre players to long term deals just because you have a need ... to only to do so if you believe in the player and think he can be special ... otherwise, addressing needs should only come in the form of one-year deals.

Kwame Brown = one year band aid

[Who]

Gotta love how ballsy the Knicks were with the Billups amnesty and Chandler signing: easily the most unexpected move.

Agreed - that was fantastic. I love the aggressiveness in trying to improve their team.

[Who]

Has there been a single good signing/contract over $5 million?

I don't think so. I can't think of any.

West with the Pacers. $10m/per is pricey for a 31 year old coming off an ACL tear, but it's just a two-year contract and it fills a need that the Pacers desperately needed to fill (both PF and post scoring). I like the way that Indiana looks now, with Collison/Hill/George/Granger/West/Hansbrough/Hibbert rounding out the immediate rotation. If I still lived there I'd actually re-up my season tickets for that.

Yeah, I think that one is the closest to a good contract in the $5+ million range ... with his health being a major question mark. 

Also, Tayshaun Prince and Jason Richardson. Although, age + fit (post-Dwight?) are major question marks there too.

That is about as good as any owner has done in this year's free agency.

[LooseCannon]

Thats 14 players. I was just p---ed off when i saw that Danny pulled this move.
We clearly need a real center. We coulda signed Aaron Gray or what ever cheap instead of a bum like Pavlolic.
Besides that our Camp player Gilbert Brown is 10x the player Sasha is. The only thing Sasha has that Gilbert doesnt is experience.

You do realize the roster is 15, right?  So, it wasn't necessarily a choice between signing Sasha Pavlovic or a center.