Two massive contracts recently signed by the Portland Trail Blazers are featured on the wrong kind of list. Spotrac’s Keith Smith ranked the ten worst NBA contracts, and the top two spots were very unsurprising. Afterward, the Blazers’ outsized influence on the list became clear fast.
At number six, Portland’s Jerami Grant appears, the beneficiary of last summer’s five-year, $160 million contract. But it’s less about the current value of the deal.
Grant’s contract is fine right now. It’s probably fine next year too. It’s the final three seasons at over $102 million where things might turn sideways.