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#3 Hassan Whiteside (Portland Trail Blazers) $27,093,019 for the 2019-20 year
Hassan Whiteside received a maximum contract from the Miami Heat in the 2016-17 season, after breaking through the ranks in the 2015-16 and the Heat gave him a 4 year, $98 million deal.
Whiteside showed his skills with the Heat as a traditional big man, with solid scoring in the paint, along with his ability to crash the boards really well.
Whiteside is also a really good rim protector and has typically been one of the best players in the league when it comes to blocking shots. He had a career year in 2016-17, averaging 17 points, 14.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 77 regular season games.
But the coming years haven't been as good to Hassan, as injuries and bad form led to a lot of people questioning his fit in the modern NBA and with Bam Adebayo being a younger and more athletic player than Whiteside, he was getting more court time than Whiteside.
In the end, Heat traded Whiteside to a dark horse contender in the Portland Trail Blazers, that needed reinforcements at the Center spot. Whiteside is capable of producing at the highest level and needs to keep his fitness in check so that the Blazers get their worth and Whiteside gets another chance at a big contract next year.
