The best paid bench warmer

[Kingfanpaul]

Big surprise!
http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/16/sp...benchwarmers_slide_16.html?thisSpeed=99999999

Kenny Thomas

NBA

Sacramento Kings

Annual salary: $7.1 million

2007-08 statistics:

Minutes per game: 12.2
Points per game: 1.4
Rebounds per game: 2.7

Thomas' seven-year, $50 million deal runs through 2010. He got the contract after averaging 10 points and eight rebounds for the Rockets and 76ers in 2002-03. Oye.

 

[Prophetess]

LOL! I just posted this in the sports forum. ya beat me by two minutes.
would a mod clean up? thx

 

[D-Mass]

Seems to me those stats listed must be from 06-07, not 07-08...no?

 

[VF21]

Seems to me those stats listed must be from 06-07, not 07-08...no?

I think you're right. Pretty sloppy of Forbes.

 

[Bricklayer]

No, they are 07-08. What they fogot tomention was he only played in about 15 games to boot.

But that's all just silly either way. There is a reason why he is up on that list, and that is because, we, as a franchise, have been stupid on yet another front. The reason that he is up there, and not others, is because NBA teams do not perpetually keep $7 million in dead salary on the ends of their benches -- they buy them out and shave what they can off the total.

 

[mcsluggo]

well.... they also don't take on OTHER TEAM'S FOLISH MISTAKES as "flexible assets"

 

[Bricklayer]

Played in 23 gms btw while giving us those wondrful 1.4pts 2.7rebs. On .421 shooting. While not blocking a shot all season.

 

[Heuge]

well.... they also don't take on OTHER TEAM'S FOLISH MISTAKES as "flexible assets"

ouch...

 

[Heuge]

Played in 23 gms btw while giving us those wondrful 1.4pts 2.7rebs. On .421 shooting. While not blocking a shot all season.

And he wasn't exactly the most excitable bench player ever. No Mateen here.

 

[Tomcat]

And he wasn't exactly the most excitable bench player ever. No Mateen here.

What ever happened to ol' Mateen? That's a name I haven't heard in a few years.

 

[Heuge]

What ever happened to ol' Mateen? That's a name I haven't heard in a few years.

Bakersfield D league team.

 

[SacKings7]

What ever happened to ol' Mateen? That's a name I haven't heard in a few years.

There's a reason he was a bench warmer

 

[VF21]

Mateen may not have reached the heights as a player but he was an excellent teammate. He was always cheering for his team, rooting them on, even when he knew he stood NO chance of playing.

 

[Heuge]

Mateen may not have reached the heights as a player but he was an excellent teammate. He was always cheering for his team, rooting them on, even when he knew he stood NO chance of playing.

agreed, the-antithomas

 

[AriesMar27]

its not like he was the number 1 highest paid bench warmer... kwame, ratliff and raef are on that list to and they make way more than thomas...

 

[chrisnu]

I was just about to mention Raef LaFrentz. Ratliff actually had some meaningful playing time this season, when he wasn't injured.

I'll go with Steve Francis. 5.2/2/3 in 10 games, over $17 million salary.