2011 Multi-Year Contracts

Here is a list of all non-minimum and multi-year contracts during 2011. These are free agent deals and do not include rookie scale contracts for first-round picks or rookie contracts for minimum salaries. The totals are not exact, but close enough to give readers an idea of how much money was spent.

For the summer of 2011 – and the entire year, with extensions – spending was way down across the league as a whole as teams had little time once free agency began following the end of the lockout. The big spenders were the Memphis Grizzlies ($131.8 million to four players), New York Knicks ($118.8 million to two players), Denver Nuggets ($103.9 million for two players), Detroit Pistons ($81.5 million for three players), and Los Angeles Clippers ($67 million to two players). The league as a whole spent $924.3 million on these kinds of deals – way, way down from the $2.4 BILLION spent in 2010.

The Atlanta Hawks and San Antonio Spurs took the signing season off.

TeamPlayerDurationTotal $ (Millions)
TOTAL$924.3
Atlanta Hawks
Boston CelticsChris Wilcox1$3.0
Charlotte BobcatsReggie Williams2$5.0
Chicago BullsRip Hamilton3$15.0
Cleveland CavaliersAnthony Parker1$2.3
Dallas MavericksVince Carter3$9.4
Denver NuggetsNene5$65.0
Arron Afflalo5$38.9
Detroit PistonsJonas Jerebko4$18.0
Tayshaun Prince4$28.0
Rodney Stuckey3$25.5
Golden State WarriorsKwame Brown1$6.8
Houston RocketsSamuel Dalembert2$13.7
Indiana PacersDavid West2$20.0
Jeff Foster1$3.0
Jeff Pendergraph2$3.0
L.A. ClippersCaron Butler3$24.0
DeAndre Jordan4$43.0
L.A. LakersJosh McRoberts2$6.1
Memphis GrizzliesZach Randolph4$66.0
Jeremy Pargo2$2.0
Marc Gasol4$57.5
Dante Cunningham3$6.3
Miami HEATMario Chalmers3$12.0
James Jones3$4.5
Shane Battier3$9.4
Milwaukee BucksMike Dunleavy2$7.5
Luc Mbah a Moute4$18.8
Minnesota TimberwolvesJ.J. Barea4$18.0
New Jersey NetsShawne Williams2$6.1
DeShawn Stevenson1$2.5
Kris Humphries1$8.0
New Orleans HornetsCarl Landry1$8.5
Jason Smith3$7.5
Gustavo Ayon3$4.6
Marco Belinelli1$3.4
New York KnicksCarmelo Anthony3$63.4
Tyson Chandler4$55.4
Oklahoma City ThunderDaequan Cook2$6.4
Kendrick Perkins4$32.5
Nazr Mohammed1$3.8
Orlando MagicGlen Davis4$25.7
Earl Clark2$2.4
Jason Richardson4$24.0
Philadelphia 76ersThaddeus Young5$43.0
Spencer Hawes1$4.1
Phoenix SunsGrant Hill1$6.5
Sebastian Telfair2$3.1
Shannon Brown1$3.5
Portland Trail BlazersGreg Oden1$1.5
Jamal Crawford2$10.2
Sacramento KingsMarcus Thornton4$31.2
Chuck Hayes4$22.4
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto RaptorsGary Forbes2$3.0
Utah JazzEarl Watson2$4.0
Josh Howard1$2.2
Washington WizardsNick Young1$3.7