There is a ridiculous amount of money that get tossed at professional basketball athletes and what makes it worse when the athlete significantly underperforms in relation to his enormous contract. The recent signing of Tyson Chandler for 4 years for $60 million dollars by the New York Knicks is a clear example of an organization overpaying for a player who will have some defensive impact, but still has limited offensive skills.
He is being paid on the level of a major superstar like Kobe Bryant or LeBron James, but will have far less impact. There is a fairly long list of big men who have played much smaller than the size of their salary. The top 5 most overpaid centers of all time are Tyson Chandler, Erick Dampier, Jerome James, Jim McIlvaine, and Greg Oden.
Tyson Chandler
Last year was one of the few seasons, he has really played a full season and the only time he has been some what of an offensive impact was when Chris Paul threw the ball at the front of the rim for a highlight d...
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