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Toronto Raptors: Ranking every contract from best to worst

By Vimal Sivakumar

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - 2017/09/22: The entrance of the Air Canada Centre. There is sunlight reflecting from the glass. The famous place will be renamed starting on January 2018. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - 2017/09/22: The entrance of the Air Canada Centre. There is sunlight reflecting from the glass. The famous place will be renamed starting on January 2018. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images) /
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CLEVELAND, OH – MAY 05: George Hill #3 of the Cleveland Cavaliers tries to get a second half shot off past Serge Ibaka #9 of the Toronto Raptors during Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena on May 5, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland won the game 105-103 to take a 3-0 series lead. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH – MAY 05: George Hill #3 of the Cleveland Cavaliers tries to get a second half shot off past Serge Ibaka #9 of the Toronto Raptors during Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena on May 5, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland won the game 105-103 to take a 3-0 series lead. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

9. Serge Ibaka

Contract: 2 years — $21.6M (18/19), $23.2M (19/20)

Serge Ibaka was expected to do big things for the Toronto Raptors after coming from the Orlando Magic in a 2017 trade.

Coming off a season where he produced 14.8 points and  6.8 rebounds per game between Orlando and Toronto, Ibaka experienced a drop-off to nearly 12.5 points and 6 rebounds this year.

He’s 28 and he’s been in the NBA since 2009. That’s nearly 10 years of NBA experience and Ibaka is still in his late 20s. At his age, averaging just 12.6 points and 6.3 rebounds on 27 minutes per game is not worth $20M annually.

Julius Randle, for instance, averaged 16 points and 8 rebounds this season as a 4th year NBA player.  His salary? According to hoopshype.com, a grand total of $4,149,242. Another 4th year player, Clint Capela, averaged nearly 14 points and 11 rebounds in 2017/18, all while earning roughly $2.3M this season.

These are just 2 examples but to see Ibaka’s lack of production for such a hefty contract is unsettling.

Why below Lowry

It also is important to consider the lack of touches that would naturally come with playing alongside DeRozan and Lowry, as his usage percentage (USG) was a mere 17% in the playoffs (according to stats.nba.com).

That said, the gap between Ibaka’s salary and value to this team justifies why he has Toronto’s second worst contract.

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