On Saturday, the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a buyout deal with Luol Deng, who played a total of 13 minutes last season, scored two points—and made $18 million.
Deng’s deal was perhaps the worst of summer 2016, but there’s plenty competition.
The Knicks gave Joakim Noah’s corpse $72 million, the Lakers handed Timofey Mozgov $64 million as soon as free agency began, the Rockets beat the Wizards in signing Ryan Anderson for $80 million, and Evan Turner-plus-Chandler Parsons were given a total of $164 million by their respective (and regretful) teams.