Most of the NBA world praised the Oklahoma City Thunder for landing center Isaiah Hartenstein.
However, after closely examining the numbers on the deal that the OKC awarded Hartenstein, some analysts have wondered if paying a predominantly backup center $87 million over three years is a worthy investment.
While OKC has expressed confidence in their offseason acquisition and expects Hartenstein to be a seamless fit with the ascending Chet Holmgren, Bleacher Report’s Eric Pincus suggests the Thunder may regret agreeing to pay the former New York Knicks center such big money.
OKC’s most questionable contract
Pincus recently took the time to evaluate which contract each NBA team will regret most. Pincus’ analysis ranks each team’s most regrettable contract from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest level of regret.
Remember that not all the players on his list necessarily have bad or regrettable contracts since Pincus chose one contract per team. While he gives Hartenstein the distinction of being the player OKC may most regret signing, his words and rankings indicate this is not such a bad contract.