The first contract reported during the crazy summer of 2016 belonged to Timofey Mozgov.
His four-year, $64-million contract became synonymous with the spending spree that followed that summer. Almost as much as the four-year, $70-million deal the Orlando Magic signed Bismack Biyombo to that same summer. These were the poster children of the that summer’s big spending spree.
It was only fitting then that Mozgov and Biyombo were traded for each other this summer. They were about the only contracts they could be traded for in the end. It was always a fool’s errand to give them that kind of money.