Rev up your time machines and set the dials to the 2027 NBA offseason. We’re heading into the future.
Our mission, unfortunately, is not the most pleasant one. We’re trying to identify which players will be on the least team-friendly contracts entering the 2027-28 campaign.
Given the brevity of most deals these days, this will prove to be a challenge. Only so many of the usual worst-contract nominees are up for consideration. Most will either wrap up their current agreements or be entering the final year of their deals, and expiring pacts get no shine around these parts. Selections will be ranked based on prospective trade value and whether each player will still be delivering enough production to warrant their price tag.