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The Best Bargain Contract On All 30 NBA Teams

By Gerald Bourguet

January 4, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lin (7, right) dribbles the basketball against Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30, left) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Hornets 111-101. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
January 4, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lin (7, right) dribbles the basketball against Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30, left) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Hornets 111-101. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 6, 2016; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards forward Otto Porter Jr. (22) shoots the ball over Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert (4) in the third quarter at Verizon Center. The Cavaliers won 121-115. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

Washington Wizards: Otto Porter

2015-16 Salary: $4.7 million
2016-17 Salary: $5.9 million
2017-18 Salary: $7.7 million (qualifying offer)

Honorable Mention: N/A

We’re going to have to cheat a little for our last team. Otto Porter Jr. is technically on a rookie-scale salary, which would normally disqualify him here. But John Wall is on a max deal, Bradley Beal is due for a contract extension this summer and pretty much every other player on the roster is on an expiring deal of some sort.

That leaves us with Porter and Marcin Gortat, who will earn $11.2 million this year, $12 million next year, $12.8 million the year after that and $13.6 million the year after that. As great as it was to see the Polish Hammer be named Eastern Conference Player of the Week, I find it hard to believe he’ll still be such a great value in 2018-19 when he’ll turn 35.

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Maybe I’m being stubborn by not picking Gortat as one of the only players that doesn’t bend the rules, but I’m sticking with Porter, who is having a career year, averaging 12.3 points and 5.8 rebounds on 45.3 percent shooting. His ceiling needs to be higher than that for the Washington Wizards to take the next step, but for now the team is getting decent value from their third-year wing.