■ Excellent Value (20%+ underpaid) | ■ Good Value (10-20% underpaid) | ■ Fair Value (±10%) | ■ Overpaid (10-20%) | ■ Very Overpaid (20%+)
| Player | Team | Pos | Salary | ACE | Value | Add |
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Salary Cap: $150,000,000
Remaining: $150,000,000
Total Players: 0
Average Value: 0.0%
| Player | Team | Pos | Salary | ACE | Value | Remove |
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Players are placed by salary (horizontal axis) and value (vertical axis): top-right are high salary, high value stars; top-left are low salary, high value bargains; bottom-right are high salary, low value overpaid; bottom-left are low salary, low value role players.
Ranked by average Value% across all players listed for each team (lower is better — more underpaid).
| Rank | GM | Team | Players Counted | Avg Value |
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Our contract valuation engine combines modern performance analytics with real NBA salary distributions to generate accurate, data-driven contract predictions. Here’s a breakdown of the core components:
Every player starts with a unified performance rating called VALUE₁ — a composite metric built from:
This creates a single sortable rating that reflects a player’s true on-court value, not just box score numbers.
Each VALUE₁ score is ranked against the entire league to determine the player’s percentile (0–100%). This rank is the backbone of the valuation model. Higher percentile = higher expected contract tier.
Instead of guessing contract values or using a simple linear model, the site uses a real NBA salary distribution as the baseline. The curve mimics the actual 2025–26 NBA market:
This ensures the model produces contracts that look and behave like the real NBA economy.
Players are assigned to salary tiers based on percentile, and each tier has a smooth interpolation formula so salaries scale gradually within that tier. Example: A 96th-percentile star doesn’t just jump to $50M — the formula curves him into that range in a mathematically smooth progression. This creates realistic AAVs that match modern contract trends.
Each player receives:
All calculated instantly, based on user-controlled settings and the underlying valuation engine.