The signing of Al Horford this summer has become pretty bad pretty quick. While it’s proven to be a bad move to sign him by the Philadelphia 76ers this isn’t the worst free agent signing in the history of the NBA. There have been plenty of worse signings than even this one in recent history. One that comes to mind is when Charlotte Hornets signed Nicolas Batum to a five-year $120 million deal and the Sixers are in danger of Horford becoming what Batum is to Charlotte.
Batum was never a superstar, let alone a star, yet he was paid like one.