Ranking the 26 Biggest Contracts in NBA History From Worst to Best

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  • @SouthernRedDiesel
    @SouthernRedDiesel 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Kevin Garnett’s money in 1998 is valued at over 366 million dollars in 2023 due to inflation. 366 MILLION, for the time that was absolutely insane, you gotta consider all the variables

    • @BoothAF
      @BoothAF 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah the contract is still a good contract 25 yrs later. That’s all you need to know about how insane it was then

    • @dathunderman4
      @dathunderman4 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Fr, no way this guy is comparing a contract from the 90s to one now.

    • @no.con.dom15
      @no.con.dom15 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Basketball inflation is not the same as the rest of the economy. NBA contracts go up a higher rate.

    • @dariusdragomir9414
      @dariusdragomir9414 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep, garnetts contract is worth about 40.5 milli a year now, accounting for inflation, still very very good, not nowhere close to 57 or how much they make now though

  • @Kagemusha08
    @Kagemusha08 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    Can't put Wall below Simmons. Wall actually wanted to play and was apparently a great teammate even when he was sitting out in Houston; Simmons doesn't even bother to try to play at an NBA level. That's gonna add toxicity to the lockeroom, especially after all the Nets came out and said they believed in Ben's commitment.

    • @DamanLane1017
      @DamanLane1017 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      and yet some people actually still want simmons literally no nba team wants john wall

    • @Quentinthemudkip
      @Quentinthemudkip 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@DamanLane1017john walls way older and is a 6’2 guard that has lost athleticism, while Ben is in his prime physically and is way taller and only relied on his natural talent as opposed to wall, who we saw progress as a rookie till the multiple time all star

    • @i_l96
      @i_l96 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      John Wall was actually good, Ben Simmons has never been better than decent

    • @DamanLane1017
      @DamanLane1017 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@i_l96 no shit john wall was good at one point just like ben was too but rn ant nobody taking wall that’s not opinion that’s literally facts

    • @i_l96
      @i_l96 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DamanLane1017 Simmons was never good, he was decent at best

  • @TonyPajamaz
    @TonyPajamaz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Jaylen Brown is out here showing why he got that money

    • @TheCarGuyy
      @TheCarGuyy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      💀nah he was overpayed

    • @markduffin4323
      @markduffin4323 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@TheCarGuyy Not overpaid if you got the ring 🤷‍♂️

    • @TonyPajamaz
      @TonyPajamaz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheCarGuyy 🤡 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

  • @antonioborrego5718
    @antonioborrego5718 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Great video! Brunson def deserved some love but seriously good stuff.

  • @dariusdragomir9414
    @dariusdragomir9414 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Im sorry but the best contract in nba is jokic 5yrs 272 million, 2 time mvp, soon to be 3 (emiib will not play 65 gms), ring, finals mvp, possibly another ring and finals mvp this year

    • @cahillscourt
      @cahillscourt  ปีที่แล้ว +89

      This is the first year of that deal, so it didn't qualify for this list. I only looked at contracts that had at least one year completed.

    • @michaelhopkins4538
      @michaelhopkins4538 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Dude called it lol

    • @victorugo3875
      @victorugo3875 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Bro is clairvoyant 😮

    • @killa6tv931
      @killa6tv931 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This vid about bad contracts tho

    • @shamrock73
      @shamrock73 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's good but he's still missing 1 championship short. Mvps are useless without chips to go with it. Look at Embiid.

  • @thenationofdefecation7969
    @thenationofdefecation7969 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Every now and then as a wizards fan i remember bradley beal and john wall and rui hachimura and kristaps porzingas
    Then i cry

  • @ver.prod3
    @ver.prod3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You deserve more views this is great

    • @cahillscourt
      @cahillscourt  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Be sure to sub for more

    • @JK8
      @JK8 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Views at 11x current sub count is good. He is fine…

  • @williamtran6295
    @williamtran6295 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Watching this during the 2024 finals. Luka is a gland slam of a signing

  • @quizzatv
    @quizzatv 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    W video bro, this was so well done I could not argue with this list at all.

  • @godspeedfilthypeasantblack1968
    @godspeedfilthypeasantblack1968 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    enjoyed every second of this vid. brilliant work

  • @DeionSanders2110
    @DeionSanders2110 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great Video!

  • @Galacticgroot7
    @Galacticgroot7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video dude

  • @ethomas6385
    @ethomas6385 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I really like the music you have in the back ground, it's a jam

    • @Selyn301
      @Selyn301 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Drive Slow homie

  • @duckfigs7
    @duckfigs7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the goat steph finally landing on the top of a list, much love🤩

  • @jasothanvenkatesan9952
    @jasothanvenkatesan9952 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    From hindsight, Gobert contract is amazing since his defense translated well in playoffs and he was amazing

  • @pewpewTN
    @pewpewTN ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kind of a dumb take on Luka.
    They were in 4th place when they traded for Kyrie.
    Cuban got fined for tanking to keep their Draft pick that was Top 10 protected.
    Missing the Playoffs had NOTHING to do with Luka.
    Before the tank started, Luka was the leading scorer in the NBA & almost single handedly had the Mavs in Playoff position, as he has done every single year a part from his Rookie year.

  • @yahshgarcia3689
    @yahshgarcia3689 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    coming from a wizards fan…. that wall contract was a necessary evil at the time, it was just SEVERELY bad luck that he got hurt basically while putting pen to paper & then immediately after sustaining a freak achilles tear while walkin round his house, two back to back career altering injuries. wall’s contract was the biggest in the league for a reason, he above all is the reason the wizards almost made their first conference finals since the 70s; russ won mvp that year but you could make a big argument that wall was anywhere from #2-4 point guard in the league behind steph that season. now the beal contract…. THAT’S a different story

  • @Mdksupreme1
    @Mdksupreme1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Having shai and dearon fox's contracts ahead of Luka's is absolute madness, Luka carries that entire team, he's easily a top 3 player, he's the entire franchise, he does way more with way less, he EASILY should be ahead of both of them

    • @dallasgoodman1989
      @dallasgoodman1989 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, though this vid was made before the Mavs got better at the trade deadline and made a run to the finals

  • @jessISaRicePrincess
    @jessISaRicePrincess 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Really? Bradley beal is not as good as his contract even if he's healthy

  • @eriklakeland3857
    @eriklakeland3857 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good concept for a video, and I like your categories too

  • @faheemsatterwhite6705
    @faheemsatterwhite6705 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Curry's contract is definitely worth it. He's a great player, the most entertaining NBA player, it's a sellout at every Arena that he plays in, and he's top 3 in Jersey sales every year

  • @Zenlollipop
    @Zenlollipop 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your breakdown of Klay's contract is not wrong, but it's also not something that the Warriors organization is particularly regretting. They knew full well he probably wouldn't be back to producing at the level his contract implied, but it was a contract offered by a friendly GM to a team legend. It was definitely a check cut for services rendered and not for future expectations. They might even have started dreaming of the two timelines plan then, thinking that even if Klay fell off as hard as D Rose, that huge contract would handicap the roster to help them tank and build depth through the draft, probably in the 10th-22nd pick range.
    Whether you love or hate the franchise, I really liked that they showed respect to a guy who had already helped them win 3 championships, instead of being opportunistic and signing him to a cheaper deal when his stock had hit rock bottom. It's part of why the 2022 team was so easy to root for. That's the kind of employer we all want to have.

    • @cahillscourt
      @cahillscourt  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Agreed. It was definitely a legacy-rewarded contract that they knew they were overpaying for after he tore his acl.
      However, I don’t think GSW anticipated him to fall off as drastically as he has. I think that is attributed more to the Achilles injury he suffered after he signed the deal, which is just horrible luck

    • @ycshittu5412
      @ycshittu5412 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@cahillscourt what actually caused the Achilles injury was preventable. Klay didn't rehab properly for his ACL injury. He didn't listen to the medical and physical therapy instructions. The other leg got weak and that's why he tore his Achilles. And his greedy daddy wants another big contract

  • @sumeetbeniwal6365
    @sumeetbeniwal6365 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jayson Tatum just got resigned on a 5 year $315 Million dollar deal, making it the biggest contract in NBA history. I wonder if that will go well. I know he just won it all, but that much money is crazy.

  • @drift6785
    @drift6785 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man when gsw extended Steph curry for 45 mill was a crazyyyy steal. Ik he had ankle injuries a lot but man because he sign that and draymond took less was a big reason how Durant was able to be signed... draymond made more than Steph at that time

  • @ptoogrimey
    @ptoogrimey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    fire vid bro

  • @brendonjulie3717
    @brendonjulie3717 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    W video. Tatum should be in the late teens tho 😴

    • @timcena3459
      @timcena3459 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👎

  • @kennylynch8575
    @kennylynch8575 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    KD's contract wasn't a disappointment he done great when he played

  • @LcFranchise
    @LcFranchise 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not that they remixed 2Pacs “Shawty Wanna Be A Thug” beat doe is crazy 😂🤣😅

  • @Leoxuto
    @Leoxuto 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why is "drive slow" playing in the back

  • @ajking6605
    @ajking6605 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice instrumental choice, love ye production

  • @seandanetheII
    @seandanetheII 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That drive slow hits hard ❤

  • @JosephMilligan-d6z
    @JosephMilligan-d6z ปีที่แล้ว

    Audio is spotty in the beginning, you can def tell where you did a voiceover, great vid tho

  • @damelillardfan
    @damelillardfan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    drive slow instrumental goes hard

  • @pauliee15
    @pauliee15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. I’m not sure why in the last segment you had Steph Curry as number seven and number one it’s kind of confusing. I thought there was opportunity to have someone else.

    • @cahillscourt
      @cahillscourt  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Steph had two different contracts north of 200 million, so he had two of the top 26 biggest contracts ever

  • @Divinecomedy232
    @Divinecomedy232 ปีที่แล้ว

    It will be interesting to see how the big contract that Jaylen Brown just signed works out. Tatum is coming up to score another big payday soon.

  • @nyc_jon
    @nyc_jon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video

  • @thenames_maiz9769
    @thenames_maiz9769 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What's the beat in the second part of the song

  • @spotakissexperience8408
    @spotakissexperience8408 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    KD as a disappointment is crazy

    • @fallout3fanboy1
      @fallout3fanboy1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I mean, what has he done since he left the warriors?

    • @Miles-mb7gz
      @Miles-mb7gz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Consistently scoring

    • @aaronn8191
      @aaronn8191 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kd soft

  • @TysonIke
    @TysonIke 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Blake Griffin contract wasn’t the worst. It got the Clippers Tobias Harris and that eventually turned into PG13 and Kawahi, and it got the Pistons in the playoffs

  • @cazu2479
    @cazu2479 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m sure MPJ will make an nba all star team at some point

  • @PetaBread27
    @PetaBread27 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    John Wall, Bradley Beal, and Ben Simmons finessed the league.

  • @mscottlawrence2037
    @mscottlawrence2037 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did the sixers get put out by the heat? Or celtics?

  • @arenasviscatanius
    @arenasviscatanius 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I dont even look at my own paycheck !

  • @ajaniscott5735
    @ajaniscott5735 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gr8 vid

  • @Ian-zg2hu
    @Ian-zg2hu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The NFL pays for what you are going to do. The NBA pays for what you have done

  • @KyleLowryRaptorsGOAT
    @KyleLowryRaptorsGOAT 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tatum's contract still doesnt beat Steph's 2017 extension

  • @avidcrew7459
    @avidcrew7459 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man i feel like brunson should be on here like he is criminally underpaid and carrying his team to a playoff spot again

    • @beyondthegamepodcast9106
      @beyondthegamepodcast9106 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bro do you even know the video topic, if he's criminally underpaid he won't be a top 26 biggest contract

    • @k1ng_s1asher70
      @k1ng_s1asher70 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beyondthegamepodcast9106 don't bother with trolls like that he clearly can't read/understand simple sentences. If he did, that comment shouldn't have been typed lmao

  • @mike_hoffa-6301
    @mike_hoffa-6301 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rudy over Anthony Davis ? Cmon bro

  • @wato5073
    @wato5073 ปีที่แล้ว

    whats the background music

    • @cahillscourt
      @cahillscourt  ปีที่แล้ว

      Which one? There’s a few different in the video.

    • @BrockJSmith485
      @BrockJSmith485 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      first one is drive slow

    • @wato5073
      @wato5073 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks@@BrockJSmith485

    • @LiveWithBabaTV
      @LiveWithBabaTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Drive slow by kanye west

  • @dominicmasucci4261
    @dominicmasucci4261 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How are you not gonna talk about Andrew Wiggins contract?!!!?

  • @teamfowlerjcc8616
    @teamfowlerjcc8616 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Unreal vid

  • @darrollcubit3870
    @darrollcubit3870 ปีที่แล้ว

    The watered down NBA

  • @BlueiayYT
    @BlueiayYT 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How is gobert above Durant and Harden? They both have been great and Gobert was bad in 2023. Harden is underrated

    • @aaronn8191
      @aaronn8191 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Didn't gobert win dpoy

    • @BlueiayYT
      @BlueiayYT 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@aaronn8191 2024 he won but 2023 was last year

  • @ghostfacenasir7248
    @ghostfacenasir7248 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fox over Luka is insane

  • @JK8
    @JK8 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lillard going to make 64 million at age 36. I’m sorry that contract is way worse than someone like Harris

  • @travieriddick5021
    @travieriddick5021 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Correction micheal porter Jr could make a all star team

  • @gregyance9901
    @gregyance9901 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The only one who can justify his salary is Steph , ALL the other guys , way,way, way overpaid

  • @sbdsoill
    @sbdsoill ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Disappointment*

  • @bizbaby
    @bizbaby 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best player to ever wear a Warriors jersey? Not Wilt?

    • @paulr8170
      @paulr8170 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @anycoveryoulike7510
    @anycoveryoulike7510 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think you left off Jokic.. Otherwise great video

    • @i_fuze_hostages6
      @i_fuze_hostages6 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Extension doesn't hit till next season starts

    • @anycoveryoulike7510
      @anycoveryoulike7510 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@i_fuze_hostages6 gotcha that's right.. thanks for catching me there

  • @NoMoreTrickPlays
    @NoMoreTrickPlays 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thunder up 🔹🔸

  • @BennyLin718
    @BennyLin718 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maxey got 4 mill this year

    • @caladanrude6395
      @caladanrude6395 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rookie deal. Doesn't really count

    • @BennyLin718
      @BennyLin718 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@caladanrude6395 no he was supposed to get a big contract last year cuz his rookie deal was up but they asked him to hold out one more year to try n get a star which they didn’t go look it up

  • @dannypolanco9999
    @dannypolanco9999 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You really put gobert over Anthony Davis? 😂😂😂

  • @bagstarant2458
    @bagstarant2458 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why isn’t Darius Garland up here? He has the worst contract.

  • @bigmikesixseven7693
    @bigmikesixseven7693 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jokic hands down...

  • @Tony-jk6qs
    @Tony-jk6qs 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I think you forgot the Jalen Brunson contract. I don't think you can beat that contract.

    • @R0Tl
      @R0Tl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This video is about the 26 biggest contracts in NBA history. Brunson's contract is not even close to the 26 biggest ever, so naturally it won't be in the video.

  • @TheCaptainAidan
    @TheCaptainAidan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Drive slow.

  • @xxplosivegokustyle
    @xxplosivegokustyle 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lebron ???

  • @yeezus9142
    @yeezus9142 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jayson Tatum as the second best contact is blasphemous lmao should be on the disappointing tier

    • @user-ow2cs7fb5l
      @user-ow2cs7fb5l 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He's the best player on a championship caliber team

    • @Dickson_Mayaz
      @Dickson_Mayaz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-ow2cs7fb5l2nd best

  • @874umar
    @874umar 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bradley Beal

  • @UhohGundam
    @UhohGundam 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thought this was going to be current contracts i dont care about blake Griffins or john walls old ass contracts

  • @DEANYBOY009
    @DEANYBOY009 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ain’t no way Rudy gobert is worth a contract worth over 200 million his contract is ludacris one of the worst ad at least have la a ring lol..

  • @zendariuskincaid5205
    @zendariuskincaid5205 ปีที่แล้ว

    You were waaaaaaaaaay to soft on luka, you basically took every logical objection away 🙄

  • @skane260
    @skane260 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    fluka contract is going to age awful. Tubs can’t play defense

  • @michaelstover6778
    @michaelstover6778 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Porter is why Denver lost he was awful

  • @damoneboyd9945
    @damoneboyd9945 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wait curry two spots on this list

    • @cahillscourt
      @cahillscourt  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      he had two separate contracts that qualified.

  • @conyeezy8027
    @conyeezy8027 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The wizards lost to the celtics in the playoffs they didnt beat Boston.

  • @nbryan512
    @nbryan512 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jalen brunson not on the list

  • @RyZGuy53
    @RyZGuy53 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    NGL Ben Simmons may be the worst player in the NBA EVER

  • @bobsbbcards
    @bobsbbcards 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please, learn to sppell. 😊

  • @DaddyHasler
    @DaddyHasler 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tatum won 😘