The NBA's 68 worst contracts

The economy is really starting to take its toll on professionalsports, and the NBA is no different. Bad contracts are bad even whenthe economy is pumping, but they really stand out in toughtimes like these. So I decided to look through the payrollsteam-by-team to try to identify the worst contracts in the NBA. Iexpected to list 15-20 names, but I ended up scribbling down 68. That'sright, there are no fewer than 68 bad contracts in the NBA.I didn't include any of the players that are in the final year oftheir contracts because?well, what's the point? They'll be off thebooks in a few months anyway. Instead, I wanted to focus on thosecontracts that are going to haunt teams for years to come, so to beeligible, players have to have at least a year left on their currentdeals.It's tough to compare someone making superstar money to an average,everyday role player, so I split these 68 contracts up into threegroups: the Overpaid Role Players, the Not-So-Super Stars and the...