Grading and examining every OKC Thunder player contract
By Aidan E
Darius Bazley:
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Four-years, $12 million (5th-year RFA)
Since I haven’t seen him play a professional minute, there is no evidence or anything to go off of. Still, with Darius Bazley on a standard rookie contract until there is more to measure it’s difficult to give him a grade other than the fact rookie contracts are always appealing until the prospect proves to be a bust or someone to invest in.
Grade: N/A
Abdel Nader:
One-year, $1.6 million (2nd-year is non-guaranteed)
Okay, maybe I was wrong about the whole “you can’t have a bad negative contract” thing, Abdel Nader is one of the worst players in the league (494/514 in ESPN’s RPM).
There’s nothing appealing about Abdel Nader, he’s not a shooter, not a defender, not a playmaker, and he isn’t young either (going to be 26 in September). I’d rather sign a young project like Daryl Macon or one of the remaining free agents like Kenneth Faried or Thabo Sefolosha.
While the deal itself isn’t bad ($1.6 million is nothing in the NBA) I just don’t see a point of having him on the roster.