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July 1, 2019 by Michael Bellom

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The Seattle SuperSonics Sign Vin Baker (1999)

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As if their decision to sign Jim McIlvane — and trade away Shawn Kemp — wasn’t bad enough, Seattle made another critical mistake, signing forward Vin Baker to a seven-year deal worth just under $87 million (after he previously arrived via the trade that sent Kemp to Cleveland).

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After Baker arrived in Seattle, his once promising career began to decline rapidly, thanks to substance abuse issues off the court. While his tenure in Seattle was a disaster, things would only continue to get worse for Baker as his career progressed; at one point in time, he tipped the scales at over 300lbs.

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