The offseason is the most stressful time for NBA front offices. Their decisions in the draft, the free agency and the trade market will not only impact their teams for years to come but their own careers as executives. To get in the mindset of decision-makers around the league, we present Real Value, a tool designed to calculate how valuable each and every player in the league is according to their productivity on the court, age, potential and other intangibles. A full explanation of Real Value can be found here.
The current results are presented in two tables. The first one is the Real Value of every player under contract for 2022-23, including non-guaranteed and two-way players. The second one shows how that Real Value compares to their actual 2022-23 salaries to find out in a player is underpaid or overpaid.