NBA 2K17: Bad And Ugly Contracts On Every NBA Team
13. Minnesota Timberwolves
The Bad: Cole Aldrich 3 years / $17M
The Ugly: Nikola Pekovic 2 years / $23.7M, Ricky Rubio 3 years / $42.6M
Pekovic and Rubio are OK, but when you have KAT and Dunn as your starters, there's no point in paying a combined $50M for two years of their time on the bench. Both also have a rich injury history which largely (and negatively) impacts the value of their deals.
When it comes to Aldrich, what's the point of paying so much for him, when Gorgui Deng has recently been signed as a backup center/power forward for $65M / 5 years? This deal may also seem bad, but Deng has still time to develop, while Aldrich has been in the league for six seasons and won't turn out to be more than a limited big man.