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If Carl Landry's contract wasn't team friendly at the end of the 2014-15 regular season, it certainly isn't now.
Now that we know the news of Landry's wrist injury and impending surgery, his contract only becomes worse. Greg Wissinger has more at Sactown Royalty:
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Landry has two years and about $13 million remaining on his deal, which runs up after the 2016-17 season. He averaged 7.2 points and 3.8 rebounds this past year for the Kings, his second season in Sacramento.
(H/t to Greg Wissinger at Sactown Royalty.)
Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports
Landry's second tour with the Kings has been marred by a multitude of injuries, but nobody was questioning Landry's ability to stay healthy when he was signed. Landry is known for being tough. The guy got shot in the leg in 2009 and barely missed time with the Houston Rockets. And even last season, plagued by multiple injuries, Landry played in 70 games for the Kings. 70! The season before, Landry played 81 games for the Warriors. He's a tough guy who works hard. Saying the Kings overpaid an injury prone player is rewriting history.
The Landry signing didn't make sense when it happened for other reasons. It locked in a player who was, ideally, a good third big off the bench. He was signed for $6.5 million per year for four years, a contract that would take him through age 33. Landry plays a style that doesn't rely on athleticism, but the issue many folks saw was simply that the Kings were committing cap space to a player who could be past his usefulness by the end of the deal, and that was assuming good health.
One of the other major criticisms was that Landry was joining a logjam in the front court. At the time the Kings had Jason Thompson, Chuck Hayes, and Patrick Patterson all playing power forward. The situation is much different now, with Patterson and Hayes traded to the Toronto Raptors just a few months later.
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