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Worst individual season relative to salary in NBA history? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by OkKindheartedness769@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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In 2015-16 Kobe had the highest salary in the league at $25 million.

He put up 17.5/4/3 with the 4th highest usage rate that year playing around 28 MPG. Shooting splits of 36/28/83 for the 7th lowest TS% in the league. Meanwhile, the lakers finished bottom of the West with a 17-65 record.

Looking at advanced metrics: 2nd worst plus minus per game, 4th worst defensive box plus minus, 7th lowest win shares and 2nd lowest WS/48 (both negative) and all of which are the worst among Lakers players that year.

I understand he was injured and it was a farewell tour but purely from a production relative to salary perspective is this the worst season by a player ever or would it still be better than e.g a star being injured all year or refusing to play but making the max.

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[–] rajs1286@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Production for Kobe may have been meh on the court but the action of paying your franchise player (who won 5 rings, something nobody has done since) a max deal set the lakers up for the Lebron years.

Why do you think Lebron came here? Also that 2016 farewell tour was a record breaking revenue year and we were also able to tank. Literally EVERYBODY won in that