And Derrick!

Number 11 hahaha. I don’t think so, should be much higher.

Brad Stevens is as good as a GM as he is a coach.

And Aaron Nesmith was a Brad draft pick. 

That Jalen Johnson contract is going to be huge for you guys. He’s going to be paid $30m in 2030, insane value

Time to load this team up. Onsi don’t fail me 🤞🏽

If Kuminga is the player I think a lot of people believe he can be but you can resign him long term on a team friendly deal because you know, short time to prove it, then it could be insane if the Hawks have Daniels-Kuminga-Johnson 2-3-4 all signed for say under 75 million. Get yourself a real C and a real PG and this team could go crazy, you have Risacher on a rookie contract and honestly he’s probably best as a 6th man bench role at this point plus your draft pick from NOLA or the BUCKS. Kinda stupid how good the Hawks could potentially have it but they need to make sure they don’t fuck it up.

How else you gonna stay at .500?

I hope they are terrible for at least a year and a half.

Yeah but now you’re paying Dyson Daniels and Zacharrie Risacher.

Yeah for real he’s one of the best value contracts in the league. I don’t really understand this list, like why is Sengun on it? I don’t think he’s on a bad contract but I wouldn’t call his contract the 5th best contract in the NBA.

Was shooting lights out before his injury, I miss him!

My first thought too. Not sure what the qualifiers were but I was surprised to not see Deuce on here

It went from “haha overpay” to “Pablo investigate he’s not paid enough” really quickly

“Knicks are acting like he’s Michael Jordan moving all these contracts to sign him”

I remember the knocks got a lot of criticism that first year for promoting Brunson-Randle-Barrett as their new big 3. Lots of people giving the nickname “the mid 3,” which Brunson himself immediately proved wrong

Brunson is definitely well worth the money.

Similar thing with his brother. Fantastic value

He only has 1 cheap year left, which is why he was likely left off.

I bet it’s because he has only 1 year (team option) left on his contract after this year.

Kornet as well

Author probably assumed it was a rookie contract. It looks like a rookie contract if you just glance at it in spotrac. Or maybe just filtered out players with less then four years experience.

It might be because he has only one season left after this with no team option.

as long as he keeps getting underrated, we get to keep him

Yeah he’s started over half the games for the third best team in the league while making 3M this year with a team option for next year.

Damn, just made this comment. Should have scrolled down more. Cannot believe the value the Spurs are receiving for his services. Deserves a thank you contract (within reason, of course).

Wemby as well, top 3 player in the world making 15 mil

They excluded anyone on an expiring contract but did mention Reaves specifically

We’re also only looking forward, since roster-building for the 2025-26 season is now more or less complete. That means we won’t consider contracts that don’t extend beyond this season (sorry Austin Reaves), and the length of the contract will only be measured in years beyond this one.

Because he only has a year remaining, and a 14M player option that he will most likely decline. He will probably get a bigger contract than all of these players.

All players ranked here have between 2 and 4 years remaining.

$15mil player option that he’s certainly going to decline doesn’t mean much. Sure, he’s great value right now but its tough to describe his contract as one of the best when its going to end in three months.

Even a better GM than a coach. Which is saying a lot.

No one watching the Wolves said that. I mean I know that plenty of folks in our sub certainly said that, but I’ll just point back to my first sentence.

You definitely are, you should trade him to the Blazers so we can relieve you of that burden…

No wonder you guys are so far over .500!

Somehow the Hawks are managing to be just like the Braves in having incredible players on bafflingly low contracts.

Now y’all just need to figure out an identity for your team and we might be looking at another era of 50+ win Hawks teams.

Sometimes the most irritating fans who think they know everything are on your own fanbase.

Like, I would understand if it’s some rando talking, but when you are supposed to be a fan our team and still don’t understand the first thing about it

McCain is in a rookie contract and they obviously didn’t count those. Joe is a good contract though just not 15, if Deuce and Divencenzo arnt on here no way he is.

Good player on a good contract, for sure

Fairly good contract for his production

I personally don’t want a contract with diabetes

Is he on a rookie contract? Those aren’t included, otherwise Wemby would probably be #1

Deni is by far the best player on his team (ignoring Dame). Pritchard as a number one option would be interesting though

The length of the contract is factored in- the longer they have the player on that good contract, the better. Queta is the only person on the list with one year left, all the others have at least 2

Yeah it’s no secret why Knicks fans would go to fucking war for the guy

He’s amazing, but the length of the contract is factored in- the longer they have the player on that good contract, the better.

Queta is the only person on the list with only one year left, all the others have at least 2.

That he still made the list speaks to his quality.

It’s a fair point. Perhaps better to list it as “Best value contracts”

Tyson is so fucking good but he is on a rookie contract, which isn’t included in the list. Otherwise Wemby would probably be #1

Nesmith’s contract has more seasons left on it, which the list takes into account.

The teams.

Typically when you say “best contracts” it means “from the team’s perspective”, as those contracts provide teams with a lot of flexibility that makes team building easier.

When a contract is “best contract from the perspective of the player”, it’s makes building a competitive team significantly more difficult, so while it’s nice to see player getting as much money as possible, there are definitely serious implications from the team side to giving guys massive contracts beyond “owner is paying less”

The article goes into deep detail about how they came up with this, but at a high level I would take it as a vague “best production for the money”, with length of contract remaining and other contract specifics factored in.

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That’s an absolutely insane homer statement

It is a hot take, but I’d take Pritchard on his contract over Brunson on his. Even though Brunson is on a good contract, it’s still a lot of left over money to improve your team. Salaries for Pritchard and White combined are similar to Brunson’s

One of the worst hot takes I’ve ever seen. One is running an offense and one is a floor spacer for Tatum/Brown to operate. You can say his value is insane because he’s shooting 37% and averaging 17 off the bench but to compare him to a top 5 PG in the league is crazy

All max contract players are excluded from the list

He does not have effort issues and his defensive issues are overblown. I think it is the opposite, once he gets regular point guard play (Fred returning and/or Sheppard getting more minutes with him) his efficiency will improve and people will be reminded how good he is.

Celtics fans should be required to have a flair like the scarlet letter

his efficiency isnt great but his advanced stats are pretty absurd. really high epm & lebron, and celtics net rating drops significantly when he’s off the court. when you factor how much the celtics rely on him his salary becomes pretty good

It’s a good contract but not top 15

His splits look worse because he got off to an absolutely abysmal start. He can be a streaky shooter, but every advanced analytic has him as a top 10-15 player

I’m gonna be honest and am ready for the downvotes, but as a Celtics fan who watches every game, I’d take White straight up over Jaylen. Like if they both made the same money and we had to trade one of them for equal value, I would opt to keep White.

He may not be flashy, but the team completely falls apart when he sits. His combination of playmaking, defense, and just overall IQ are essential to what the Celtics do. And with Tatum returning and taking some of the playmaking burden off of his shoulders, it’s likely that his efficiency improves, as well.