The Jon Koncak Commemorative Awards: Contracts that screwed the NBA


This series is going to be amazingly epic. Every weekday during the month of August, TheRealShaq.com is posting a guest post by Bloguin NBA peeps mocking/analyzing/whatever some of the worst contracts in the NBA post 1998 lockout to now.

I'm doing Troy Hudson on August 24th.

And the first one is up!

Eddy Curry, come on down:

http://therealshaq.com/articles/nba/eddy-qchicken-tikka-masalaq-curry.html

Hahahahaha Brian Cardinal!

http://www.randallsimonssausages.com/cool-stuff/misc-cool-stuff/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-brian-cardinal.html


And here's the master list on The Real Shaq:

http://therealshaq.com/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-contracts-that-screwed-the-nba.html

College Wolf wrote:

P.S. You guys know how Brian Cardinal got that full MLE contract, right? If not, read my comment after the article...

Richard Jefferson:

http://whoopdedamndo.com/2010-articles/august/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-richard-jefferson.html

Raef LaFrentz:

http://asternwarning.com/20100805803/articles/nba/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-joel-przybilla.html

Austin Croshere:

http://www.therealshaq.com/articles/nba/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards.html

Malik Rose. Hahaha how did he get that contract? I don't remember him being able to score or really do anything.

http://www.projectspurs.com/2010-articles/august/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-malik-rose.html

College Wolf wrote:
Duncan got hurt and Rose came out of nowhere to be a stud for a few months while he was out.

Tim Thomas!

http://www.therealshaq.com/articles/nba/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-tim-thomas.html

Stephon Starbury Marbury:

http://therealshaq.com/articles/nba/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-stephon-qstarburyq-marbury.html


My only disappointment is that there's no mention of him eating vasoline or dancing around naked during his live webcam broadcasts...

Luke Walton lolololololol:

http://www.therealshaq.com/articles/nba/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-luke-walton.html

Can you guys believe the Lakers traded Caron Butler and more for Kwame Brown? Wow. Luckily for them they somehow got Gasol out of that mess.

Kwame Brown:

http://www.with-malice.com/201008141320/articles/nba/kwame-brown-bad-contract.html

Vin Baker:

http://www.randallsimonssausages.com/basketball/nba/the-jon-koncak-commemorative-awards-vin-baker.html

College Wolf wrote:
HO-LY-CRAP. That is one horrible trade. It is interesting to think of from an opportunity cost perspective.

05-06 - Devon George
06-07 - Luke Walton
07-08 - Luke Walton
08-09 - Trevor Ariza
09-10 - Ron Artest

You can sprinkle a little Odom throughout that but the above guys are who really got minutes Caron would have had. Butler was also very good in the playoffs with Washington.

Maybe he would have had to leave for Memphis in the Gasol deal but damn if he was there from just 05-08 that is a MAJOR upgrade.