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2023 NBA Free Agency Guide

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With Free Agency rapidly approaching, CraftedNBA has put together a quick reference to the upcoming free agency period. Players have been split into four groups; Guards, Wings, Forwards, and Bigs, and then ranked within these groupings. Included with each player is a Fair Salary* which can be used as a guideline for what a player is expected to be worth per season over the next 2-3 seasons. This can be used as a base of reference for judging the contracts that teams are handing out this summer.

*see below for expanded definitions and formula

Guards

Wings

Forwards

Bigs

Fair Salary

38,190,625

CraftedPM

3.8
*
DAL
|
$42,000,000

Fair Salary

34,409,375

CraftedPM

3.3
*
HOU
|
$42,846,615

Fair Salary

11,495,000

CraftedPM

-0.1
*
LAL
|
$18,500,000

Fair Salary

11,000,000

CraftedPM

-0.1
*
SAS
|
$10,000,000

Fair Salary

5,500,000

CraftedPM

-2.8

Fair Salary

10,000,000

CraftedPM

-0.2
*
CHI
|
$11,000,000

Fair Salary

9,770,750

CraftedPM

-0.3
*
LAC
|
$3,931,631

Fair Salary

9,680,000

CraftedPM

-1.3
*
TOR
|
$12,715,125

Fair Salary

9,680,000

CraftedPM

-1.2
*
LAL
|
$11,000,000

Fair Salary

8,650,000

CraftedPM

-0.2
*
BKN
|
$2,528,233

Fair Salary

8,499,150

CraftedPM

-1
*
PHI
|
$3,196,448

Fair Salary

8,000,000

CraftedPM

-2.1

Fair Salary

7,865,000

CraftedPM

-1.6
*
MIN
|
$5,000,000

Fair Salary

7,499,250

CraftedPM

-0.7

Fair Salary

7,260,000

CraftedPM

-1

Fair Salary

7,125,000

CraftedPM

-0.1
*
MIN
|
$4,500,000

Fair Salary

6,685,250

CraftedPM

-1.7
*
DEN
|
$5,125,000

Fair Salary

6,250,000

CraftedPM

-2.2

Fair Salary

6,000,000

CraftedPM

-1.7
*
CLE
|
$2,314,473

Fair Salary

5,013,938

CraftedPM

-1.6
*
MEM
|
$3,276,360

Fair Salary

4,875,000

CraftedPM

-3.2

Fair Salary

4,500,000

CraftedPM

-2.6

Fair Salary

4,083,750

CraftedPM

-2

Fair Salary

3,471,188

CraftedPM

-2.5

Fair Salary

3,471,188

CraftedPM

-2.7

Fair Salary

1,735,594

CraftedPM

-3.3

Definitions

Fair Salary: we start with the average salary of all players of a similar CraftedPM over the past few seasons, adjusted to account for the changes in salary cap. Further adjustments were made to account for a players role, position, age, and potential upside. This is not a prediction of what a player will sign for on the market, rather this should be used as a tool for use when deciding whether a team overpaid or got a bargain. Example: Bradley Beal's 'Fair Salary' is listed at around 22 million/season. He will almost surely get more than that and may end up proving to be worth quite a bit more, however, strictly in terms of on court value, 22 million/season is around the salary we would expect him to be worth over the next few years.