The overpaid and the underpaid

Everybody knows that the NBA gives out ridiculous amount of salaries yet there are guys who are undeserving of what they receive, be it too much or too little. Rookies are not on this list as their contracts are dictated by the league. Beyond the first year players, it’s anything goes. Here are the league’s best bargains and head-scratching investments.

ATLANTA HAWKS – Miles Plumlee, 4.4ppg, 3.4rpg,

2017-2018 salary @ $12.5m

Dewayne Dedmon, 11ppg, 7.8rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $6m

BOSTON CELTICS – Al Horford, 14ppg, 6.8rpg, 5apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $27.8m

Marcus Smart, 9.6ppg, 3.6rpg, 5apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $4.5m

BROOKLYN NETS – Timofey Mozgov, 4.2ppg, 3.8rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $15.2m

Spencer Dinwiddie, 13ppg, 3.3rpg, 6.5apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $1.5m

CHARLOTTE HORNETS – Dwight Howard, 15.6ppg, 12.2rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $23.5m

Kemba Walker, 21.5ppg, 3.5rpg, 6apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $12m

CHICAGO BULLS – Cristiano Felicio, 3.8ppg, 2.7rpg,

2017-2018 salary @ $7.8m

Kris Dunn, 13ppg, 5rpg, 6apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $4m

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS –JR Smith, 7.8ppg, 31.rpg, 2.3apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $13.7m

Dwayne Wade, 11.4ppg, 3.6rpg, 4apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $2.2m

DALLAS MAVERICKS – Wesley Matthews, 11.8ppg, 3rpg, 3apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $17.8m

Seth Curry, 10.2ppg, 2rpg, 2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $3m

DENVER NUGGETS – Mason Plumlee, 7ppg, 5.6rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $14.4m

Will Barton, 15ppg, 5.2rpg, 4apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $3.5m

DETROIT PISTONS – Jon Leuer, 5.4ppg, 4rpg, 20172018 salary @ 10.4m Avery Bradley, 15.7ppg, 2.4rpg, 2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $ 8.8m

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS – Andre Iguodala, 5.8ppg, 3.9rpg, 3.4apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $14.8m

Klay Thompson, 20.7ppg, 4.2rpg, 2.6apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $17.8m

HOUSTON ROCKETS – Ryan Anderson, 10.7ppg, 5.4rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $19.5m

Clint Capella, 107ppg, 5,4rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ 2.3m

INDIANA PACERS – Al Jefferson, 6.5ppg, 4.4rpg, 20172018 salary @ $9.7m

Myles Turner, 14.7ppg, 7.1rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $2.5m

LA CLIPPERS – Austin Rivers, 16.2ppg, 2.1rpg, 3.6apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $11.8m

Lou Williams, 21ppg, 2.5rpg, 5apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $7m

LA LAKERS – Loul Deng, only played a game this season (2pts, 1ast), 2017-2018 salary @ $17.1m

Julius Randle, 12.6ppg, 6.4rpg, 2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $4.1m

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES – Chandler Parsons, 9ppg, 3rpg, 2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $23.1m

Tyreke Evans, 19ppg, 5rpg, 4.3apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $3.3m

MIAMI HEAT – James Johnson, 11ppg, 5rpg, 4apg, 20172018 salary @ $14m

Dion Waiters, 14.3ppg, 26rpg, 4apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $11m

MILWAUKEE BUCKS – Mirza Teletovic, 7ppg, 2.3rpg,

2017-2018 salary @ $10.5m

Khris Middleton, 21ppg, 5rpg, 4.5apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $14.1m

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES – Cole Aldrich,

.05ppg, .02rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $7.3m

Andrew Wiggins, 17.6ppg, 4rpg, 2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $7.5m

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS – OmerAsik, 1.4ppg, 3rpg,

2017-2018 salary @ $10.5m

DeMarcus Cousins, 26ppg, 12rpg, 5.2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $18m

NEW YORK KNICKS – Joakim Noah, 1.5ppg, 2.3rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $17.7m

Michael Beasley, 11ppg, 4,1rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ 2.1m

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER – Carmelo Anthony, 17.5ppg, 6.2rpg, 16.apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $26.2m

Paul George, 20ppg, 5.6rpg, 3.1apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $19.5m

ORLANDO MAGIC – Bismack Biyombo, 4.1ppg, 4.3rpg,

2017-2018 salary @ $17m

Aaron Gordon, 18.3ppg, 8rpg, 2.2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $5.5m

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS – JJ Reddick, 16.5ppg, 2.6rpg, 3.5apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $23m

Robert Covington, 15ppg, 6.2rpg, 2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $16.6m

PHOENIX SUNS – Tyson Chandler, 7ppg, 9.6rpg, 20172018 salary @ $13m

TJ Warren, 19ppg, 6rpg, 1.4apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $3.1m

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS – Evan Turner, 7.8ppg, 3.7rpg, 2.3apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $17.1m

Jusuf Nurkic, 14.5ppg, 7.4rpg, 1.8apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $2.9m

SACRAMENTO KINGS – Vince Carter, 3ppg, 1.5rpg,

1apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $8m

Willie Cauley-Stein, 10.8ppg, 6.1rpg, 2.2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $3.7m

SAN ANTONIO SPURS – Pau Gasol, 10.6ppg, 8rpg, 3.2apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $16m

Kawhi Leonard, 10.5ppg, 4.8rpg, (limited minutes), 20172018 salary @ $18.8m

TORONTO RAPTORS – Jonas Valanciunas, 10.6ppg, 7.7rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $15.4m

CJ Miles, 10ppg, 1.8rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $8m

UTAH JAZZ – Joe Johnson, 6.7ppg, 2.7rpg, 1.5apg, 20172018 salary @ $10.5m

Rodney Hood, 17.7ppg, 2.5rpg, 1.8apg, 2017-2018 salary @ $2.3m

WASHINGTON WIZARDS – Ian Mahinmi, 4ppg, 3.7rpg,

2017-2018 salary @ $16.6m

Markieff Morris, 10ppg, 4rpg, 2017-2018 salary @ $8m