“Overpaid.”
Kemba Walker brought that up Thursday night, after scoring 46 points in 28 minutes. He recalled how some vocal fans in 2015 thought the Charlotte Hornets blew it by agreeing to pay Walker $48 million over four seasons.
It’s the spring of 2018 and Walker has one season left on that contract. If he’s not the most underpaid player in the NBA, he’s in a small circle. Some point guards of comparable productivity make 2 ½ times his $12 million salary.
Walker isn’t bitter about his paycheck, and he’ll certainly be at market value when he hits free agency in the summer of 2019.