SI: Fools and their money (Webber)

[Warhawk]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/kelly_dwyer/08/01/bad.deals/1.html

No. 5: Sacramento inks Chris Webber to a seven-year, $122.7-million contract in 2001.

After sorting through all these inflated deals, these numbers tend to lose their meaning, but, damn, that's a lot of cash. Webber, currently playing for the Philadelphia 76ers, will make in excess of 22 million bucks in the '07-08 season, a campaign that should see him celebrate his 35th birthday. Yeah, this can't end well.

 

[Fillmoe]

if he never got injured in the dallas playoff game he would have been more than worth it! after that injury he was never the same

 

[captain bill]

Yeah, but that is an inherent problem and risk with all big contracts. Your guy gets injured and you're stuck with it. I don't like Kelly Dwyer at all. Everything he writes seems just off the top of his head and without any real knowledge of the game. Any time a list like this includes players who gots injured is absolutely moronic. If Cleveland signs LeBron to a max deal, he gets injured the first day of the next season and averages 15 games a season for the rest of the deal, would that make it the worst deal of all time? Maybe to hack writers at si.com, but only in hindsight. Putting Grant Hill at the top is just plain stupid. The guy had enormous potential and, if it weren't for injury, the Hill-TMac combo would have been wreaking havoc on the league. Just plain bad writing.

 

[VF21]

You hit the nail on the head, captain bill...

Maybe to hack writers at si.com, but only in hindsight

It's real easy to sit in an office somewhere and look back.

 

[HndsmCelt]

If some with lots of time wnated to prove a point they could go back through old SI articles in 2000-2001 where they predicted Webber would leave Sac for more money... it's a no win situation with these clowns.

 

[bibbyweb]

Just one question who makes these guys Sports Writers and how do they keep thier jobs after writing articles like these?

 

[LPKingsFan]

What really gets me:

"No. 1: The Orlando Magic engineer a sign-and-trade deal in 2000 for Grant Hill and his seven-year, $93-million contract.
This was unfortunate on so many levels. This deal probably cost Magic GM John Gabriel and coach Doc Rivers their respective gigs, cost Orlando the services of three-time All-Star Ben Wallace and cost us the chance to see two all-world talents such as Hill and Tracy McGrady on the same court at the same time. Hill, possibly the finest talent this league had to offer during the '99-00 season, has averaged only 30 games a season with the Magic since the trade"

Right, "THE DEAL" cost us our chance to see them together on the same court? Um, no. Without the deal they'd be on different teams, remember? Howabout the ANKLE INJURY that you neglet to mention...

 

[Andriod_KiNg]

He was worth every penny back then !

 

[captain bill]

I'm suprised this hack even has a job. This article may lose it for him.

 

[quick dog]

If Chris Webber was scheduled to receive a mere $12M per year, he would probably still be a Sacramento King and everyone would be relatively happy. The silly NBA contract situation is inequitable for players and teams. When a deal makes no economic sense, everyone loses in one or more ways.

 

[AriesMar27]

He was worth every penny back then !

if it werent for that injury, he would be worth every penny....

 

[FrenchCanadianKING]

Completely agree with all of you. No10 should of been no1, the Fisher/Foyle signings from the Warriors are truly bad contracts that should of been used as an example for the article...

Let's see, to give money to a superstar player that you didn't know was going to get injured? Or to a veteran/former role player that wont even give you 15 a game...

Kelly Dwyer, you're pathetic

 

[Vlad]

What garbage. Webber was worth every penny when they signed him. SI should really stop publishing pieces by high school interns.