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Top 5 Least Desirable Contracts in the NBA

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 As we inch closer to 2022 Free Agency - with many big questions looming - now is as good a time as any to check out some of the ugliest contracts currently holding franchises back.  This list is based off of money earned / 2021-2022 advanced production +/- (compiling EPM , DPM , LEBRON , and RAPTOR ).  Note: every player on this list has at least 2 years remaining on his current deal.  Deals with 1 year left are considered expiring and, in general, are much more useful. #5 NBAE via Getty Images Klay Thompson Contract: $41.9m/year - 2 years Age: 32 2021/2022 Per Minute Production Rank: #96/440 If you're a fan of the NBA, you're probably a fan of Klay Thompson.  If he were making less than $40m he would not be on this list.  He's an ultra intelligent, extremely active sharpshooter.  Sadly, though, even before his devastating Achilles injury his production began declining.  Even his 3P% - which constantly hovered around 42% for his career - has drop...
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How Bad are NBA GMs? Ep. 7 - Dallas Mavericks

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   In this series I will be breaking down every impactful transaction in the NBA to better understand the performance of the average NBA GM.  Since the vast majority of decisions made by GMs cannot be proven to be good or bad immediately, we will start in the year 2018.  Weight = how impactful the action is/was for the franchise.  Rating = quantifying the decision in hindsight from 1-10, 10 being excellent and 1 being terrible. GM - Donnie Nelson (2005-2019) Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Heading into 2018 the Mavericks record was 13-25.  Preseason expectations had them at 22nd of 30 teams.  A 40-year-old Dirk Nowitzki managed to play in 77 games but was clearly ineffective.  The only assets at the Mavericks disposal at this point were 20-year-old Dennis Smith Jr, 24-year-old Dorian Finney-Smith and 23-year-old Nerlens Noel - fine rotational pieces but nothing much more.  Dwight Powell, however, was also having a very solid sophomore y...
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