D.West - NBA's best contract?

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According to Bill Simmons on espn.com, these are the most cap-friendly contracts in the NBA (rookie and 1-year contracts not included):

12. Andris Biedrins -- five years, $45m
11. Paul Millsap -- four years, $32m
10. Lamar Odom -- three years, $24.6m
9. Gerald Wallace -- three years, $28.5m
8. Grant Hill -- two years, $6.3m
7. Thabo Sefolosha -- five years, $15.5m
6. J.R. Smith -- two years, $12.9m
5. Lou Williams -- four years, $20.4m
4. Carl Landry -- two years, $6m
3. Steve Nash -- three years, $35m
2. Kendrick Perkins -- two years, $9.6m
1. David West -- two years, $17.3m

This was set inside a piece he did on the Top 40 trade values in the league. Here's what he said about West:

33. David West
So woefully underpaid ($9.1 million this season, then dropping to $8.2 million next year and finishing at a paltry $7.5 million for the 2011-12 lockout- er, season) that I actually looked up his agent, Lance Young, to see if the guy had been disbarred. Nope. Somehow he reps Chris Paul, Stephen Curry and ... (wait for it) ... Rudy Gay! I take back everything in the previous paragraph about Rudy and the Knicks; maybe they can get him for half-price.

Here's his list of worst contracts (four Pistons in the Top 16!):

25. Jose Calderon -- four years, $37.6m
24. Andrei Kirilenko -- two years, $34.3m
23. Jason Richardson -- two years, $27.7m
22. Corey Maggette -- four years, $39.8m
21. Peja Stojakovic -- two years, $27.6m
20. Kirk Hinrich -- three years, $26.5m
19. Matt Carroll -- four years, $16.4m
18. Rasheed Wallace -- three years, $19m
17. Andres Nocioni -- three years, $21m
16. Charlie Villanueva -- five years, $40m
15. Jason Maxiell -- four years, $20m
14. Luke Walton -- four years, $21.5m
13. Francisco Garcia -- four years, $23.2m
12. Hedo Turkoglu -- five years, $53m
11. Baron Davis -- four years, $53.7m
10. Boris Diaw -- three years, $27m
9. Richard Hamilton -- four years, $48.5m
8. Richard Jefferson -- two years, $29m
7. Michael Redd -- two years, $35.3m
6. Ben Gordon -- five years, $55m
5. Desagana Diop -- four years, $26.8m
4. Rashard Lewis -- four years, $80.4m
3. Emeka Okafor -- five years, $63m
2. Elton Brand -- four years, $66m
1. Gilbert Arenas -- five years, $96m

It's a pretty good column from Simmons, who has LBJ at #1 in trade value. Interesting what he wrote about the Chris Paul injury. Click here if you want to read the whole thing.