Here's another blurb from the Simmons column...it's funny enough to be worth its own thread, because 5 of the top 15 belong to the Knicks!!

25. Antoine Walker -- 5 years, $45 million remaining
24. Rasho Nesterovic -- 3 years, $23.4m
23. Jamal Crawford -- 5 years, $43m
22. Brian Scalabrine -- 4 years, $12.4m
21. Jamaal Tinsley -- 5 ys, $33.6m
20. Kyle Korver -- 5 years, $23.4m
19. Adonal Foyle -- 3 years, $26.8m
18. Darius Miles -- 4 years, $34m
17. Brian Cardinal -- 4 years, $24.3m
16. Etan Thomas -- 4 years, $26.4m
15. Eddy Curry -- 5 years, $52.5m
14. Zydrunas Ilgauskas -- 4 years, $45.8m
13. Sam Dalembert -- 5 years, $50m
12. Nene -- 6 years, $60m
11. Quentin Richardson -- 4 years, $33.2m
10. Raef LaFrentz -- 3 years, $35.4m
9. Mark Blount -- 4 years, $27.5m
8. Marko Jaric -- 5 years, $35m
7. Erick Dampier -- 5 years, $50m
6. Jerome James -- 4 years, $25m
5. Chris Webber -- 2 years, $43m
4. Steve Francis -- 3 years, $52.7m
3. Stephon Marbury -- 3 years, $59.2m
2. Zach Randolph -- 5 years, $73.3m
1. Kenyon Martin -- 5 years, $71m

Suprised Tyson Chandler and his 6 year $64M contract is not on there.

Good catch. He gets paid like 80 grand per basket doesn't he?

oh man.. Dampier has 5 years on his contract for $50,000,000??



I already was hoping he'd be traded but now I REALLY REALLY REALLY want him out!
Don't need that kinda salary stinking things up. What were the Mavs thinking taking him up at that amount of money??

You're right to question Ilgauskus, he's one of the better centers and they're at such a premium that even the sucky ones get 6M/year. I don't think he belongs on the list, not because he's a good enough player to be worth 11M/year, but simply because he's a big man.