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2016 NBA Trade Deadline: 10 Players Teams Should Absolutely Avoid

By Gerald Bourguet

Nov 1, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside (21) during the second half against the Houston Rockets at American Airlines Arena. The Heat won 109-89. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 1, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside (21) during the second half against the Houston Rockets at American Airlines Arena. The Heat won 109-89. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 10, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao (17) rebounds beside Los Angeles Lakers center Roy Hibbert (17) in the third quarter at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /

1. Anderson Varejao

Truthfully, Anderson Varejao‘s joke of a contract should be nowhere near this list, if only because teams should know better than to even consider taking on the remaining two years and $20.4 million of his contract — even if both are non-guaranteed.

And yet, thanks to the Orlando Magic, here we are, talking about a guy who’s played in a grand total of 31 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season, averaging 2.6 points and 2.9 rebounds in 10.0 minutes per game. Wild Thing is 33 years old, he’s got a longer injury history than most people’s grandparents under the age of 75 and he’s really only on the Cavs still because he’s tight with LeBron James.

Thankfully, the Magic seem to have found their common sense again, even if it may not have been in time to prevent that questionable Tobias Harris trade with the Detroit Pistons.

In any case, the only teams that should even consider taking on that atrocious salary are the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers with all their extra cap space, and in those cases, they’d be expecting draft compensation for that kind of salary dump.

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No offense to Andy, but even with the last two years of his salary being non-guaranteed, all he brings to the table at this point in his career is locker room leadership. Given his $9.6 million salary this year, working out a deal to make salaries match without giving up a decent player would be hard for any team that isn’t the Sixers or Blazers.