NBA 2018-19 Free Agency: Worst Contract By Team - Southwest Division

#4 Dallas Mavericks - DeAndre Jordan

Jordan arrives at Dallas three years after backing out on them

The Dallas Mavericks are obviously the most forgiving franchise in the NBA. They signed DeAndre Jordan to a 1-year/$22.9 million deal, three years after he backed out from a contract he already agreed to sign with the team. Nevertheless, it doesn’t explain why they offered so much money.

DeAndre is an old-school center, making a living protecting the rim and rebounding in bunches. Many teams today are looking for a more versatile center or at least one who can score further than three feet away from the basket.

Jordan also had a decline in the areas he excelled at. In his last year for the Clippers, he averaged less than one block per game and dropped under 65% from the field for the first time in five years.

Supposedly, no other team in the league that had a serious interest in DeAndre was willing to pay him as much as Dallas did. Instead of bringing in a young center with more offensive skills and continue the youth movement in the team, they opted to overpay a 30-year-old player with an outdated style of play in a regressing form.