Toronto Raptors: 3 worst free agent contracts in team history
By Mike Luciano
2. Landry Fields: 3 years, $18.7 million, 2012
The Carroll contract was disappointing, but he at least provided some offensive punch. Fields, meanwhile, failed to provide fans with anything positive to hold on to in Toronto. In his defense, Fields may have been set up for failure, as his contract with Toronto was much more lucrative than even he expected.
A former second-round pick of the Knicks, Fields approached double-digits in scoring twice in New York, and the expectation was that he would continue to improve if he signed with the Raptors. Unfortunately, Fields not only regressed, but he didn’t even look like a viable rotation player at times.
Landry Fields looked lost with the Raptors.
Fields struggled with injuries to the point where he almost had to reinvent his shooting form. Those injuries, coupled with plain old bad play, helped him average just 3.3 points per game in three seasons with the Raptors. He became a free agent in 2015, and he ended his playing career by joining the Spurs as a scout.
Like Carroll, Fields found success after leaving the Raptors, albeit in the front office. He is currently the assistant general manager of the Hawks, as the Stanford alum has found more success evaluating talent for a conference finalist in Atlanta than he did on the court during his Toronto tenure.