NBA Free Agency: 10 Worst Contracts Signed in the Summer of 2016

#3 Timofey Mozgov

Timofey Mozgov has had a tumultuous NBA career thus far

Timofey Mozgov has had a tumultuous NBA career thus far. Signed by the New York Knicks in 2010 after going undrafted, the Russian was moved to Denver as one of the bits and pieces who was sent the other way to make way for Carmelo Anthony.

He made his name there as a good rim protector and a lob threat, while being unafraid to get put on posters (Blake Griffin's Kodak moment springs to mind immediately).

He signed his first good contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014, and after injuries to Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving in the Finals, he emerged as their next best offensive option and was, in general, their second best player.

With the return of Love to the lineup and the shifting of Tristan Thompson to the center role, however, his minutes were once more restricted to bit-part appearances in garbage time.

The Lakers, however, deemed him worthy of a long-term contract for some reason, signing him up for four years and $72 million in 2016.

The Lakers were so weighed down in cap space because of this deal that they had to attach their No. 2 pick from the 2015 draft (D'Angelo Russell) to make cap room last summer. Mozgov appeared in 31 games, playing an average of fewer than 12 minutes in those appearances.

He still raked in $16 million in his bank account, though, all thanks to Jim Buss's ineptness in free agency.

Mozgov has since been traded to the Bobcats in exchange for Dwight Howard, who's expected to be waived by the Nets.