5 worst current NBA contracts

#1 Chandler Parsons

Chandler Parsons

2016/17 Averages: 6.2 Points, 2.5 Rebounds, 1.6 Assists

Contract Left: Three Years, $72.3 Million

Despite all of the atrocious contracts on this list, Parsons is the runaway winner and for so many reasons. His $24 million cap hit per year is easily the highest among this lot and couple in the fact that he's had season-ending knee injuries for the last 3 years and it all amounts to just an awful contract. Also, he's 29 now and his injury situation isn't likely to get any better. The Grizzlies gambled on Parsons staying healthy and it didn't pay off.

He probably wasn't worth the money even when fit. Parsons is a decent complementary player and nothing more. If he was healthy, however, he would have been a decent 3rd wheel alongside Mike Conley and Marc Gasol and boy do they need one. Parsons' contract has limited what the Grizz can surround their two best players with in the coming seasons. That has more or less ended their slim hopes of contending for a title, as both Conley and Gasol are in their 30s now and they've had injury issues in the last few seasons.