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Good Money, Bad Contracts: Six New Deals NBA Teams Will Regret for Years

Good Money, Bad Contracts: Six New Deals NBA Teams Will Regret for Years

Ranking the worst contracts handed out this offseason

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Devin Booker, Jalen Williams, and Paolo Banchero (Christian Petersen/Joshua Gateley/G Fiume/Getty Images)


NBA teams might be getting smarter, but they still have a tendency to shoot themselves in the foot.

Let’s rank the worst contracts of the summer β€” based on advanced metrics, aging effects, historical precedents and each team’s situation.

We’ll start with a four-time All-Star due to get more than $70 million per year while barely qualifying as a top-100 NBA player.

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