How Cavs’ Kevin Love’s deal compares to other bad NBA contracts

Bad Deal #3: Ryan Anderson, F, Phoenix Suns

He’s in the third year of a four-year, $80 million deal (per Spotrac).

Ryan Anderson signed a four-year deal worth $80 million with the Houston Rockets back in 2016 (noticing a theme here?) and seemed to be a good fit in Houston’s three pointer-focused offense. In his first two years in Houston, 67.4 percent of Anderson’s shots were from beyond the arc, according to Basketball Reference.

The Rockets were able to move on from him and reportedly unload his contract onto the Phoenix Suns prior to the 2018-19 season. At age 30, Anderson is on the decline, and while his style does fit today’s NBA, aside from three-point shooting, he doesn’t give you much. He doesn’t defend at a high level in the paint and can’t defend the pick-and-roll.

Anderson is in a relatively similar boat as Love, considering both of them, if used correctly, could be an asset to a contender but the cap hit they carry deters any contender from making a deal for them.

Anderson’s game is a little bit more one-dimensional than Love, and it is hard to see a good team willing to take on the remaining contract for Anderson’s perimeter only/three-point shooting narrow skill set.