The Oklahoma City Thunder are in the middle of a rebuild, which means their payroll is filled with rookie-scale deals.
The youngest team in the league comes with that financial benefit. However, there are a few non-rookie deals on the books, and a few pending in the near future.
Bleacher Report writer Zach Buckley decided to scour through the league’s contracts and categorize the best and worst deals on all 30 NBA teams, totaling 60 mentioned players.
Of course, this entire exercise is relative to the current financial landscape of the league. With a new CBA agreement and future TV rights likely significantly increasing the cap in the near future, a lot of these deals could soon look like bargains.
Let’s take a look at which two Thunder players were deemed the best-value and worst-value signings on their current payroll.