Flashback to the summer of 2017, Steve Mills and Scott Perry’s first big free-agent signing was not exactly receiving rave reviews. Originally drafted by the Knicks in 2013, Tim Hardaway Jr. was returning to New York after signing a four-year, $70 million contract.
Yaron Weitzman of Bleacher Report wrote that executives were calling the Knicks “Nuts.” Even Adam Schefter of ESPN, who doesn’t cover the NBA, chimed in:
In his 14-year, 5-time-NBA-all star career, Tim Hardaway Sr. earned $47.1 million. Tim Hardaway Jr. will make $71M the next four years.