*Photo via Stephen Dunn /Allsport, Lou Capozzola/NBAE via Getty Images 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
DAL
|UFA
Fair Salary
38,190,625CraftedPM
3.8*
DAL
|$42,000,000
TOR
|UFA
Fair Salary
34,409,375CraftedPM
3.3*
HOU
|$42,846,615
LAL
|UFA
Fair Salary
11,495,000CraftedPM
-0.1*
LAL
|$18,500,000
SAS
|RFA
Fair Salary
11,000,000CraftedPM
-0.1*
SAS
|$10,000,000
NYK
|RFA
Fair Salary
5,500,000CraftedPM
-2.8CHI
|RFA
Fair Salary
10,000,000CraftedPM
-0.2*
CHI
|$11,000,000
LAC
|UFA
Fair Salary
9,770,750CraftedPM
-0.3*
LAC
|$3,931,631
LAL
|UFA
Fair Salary
9,680,000CraftedPM
-1.3*
TOR
|$12,715,125
MIA
|UFA
Fair Salary
9,680,000CraftedPM
-1.2*
LAL
|$11,000,000
CHA
|UFA
Fair Salary
8,650,000CraftedPM
-0.2*
BKN
|$2,528,233
CHI
|UFA
Fair Salary
8,499,150CraftedPM
-1*
PHI
|$3,196,448
CHI
|RFA
Fair Salary
8,000,000CraftedPM
-2.1PHI
|UFA
Fair Salary
7,865,000CraftedPM
-1.6*
MIN
|$5,000,000
CLE
|UFA
Fair Salary
7,499,250CraftedPM
-0.7DET
|UFA
Fair Salary
7,260,000CraftedPM
-1MIN
|RFA
Fair Salary
7,125,000CraftedPM
-0.1*
MIN
|$4,500,000
DEN
|UFA
Fair Salary
6,685,250CraftedPM
-1.7*
DEN
|$5,125,000
CHA
|RFA
Fair Salary
6,250,000CraftedPM
-2.2GSW
|UFA
Fair Salary
6,000,000CraftedPM
-1.7*
CLE
|$2,314,473
NYK
|UFA
Fair Salary
5,013,938CraftedPM
-1.6*
MEM
|$3,276,360
ATL
|RFA
Fair Salary
4,875,000CraftedPM
-3.2BKN
|RFA
Fair Salary
4,500,000CraftedPM
-2.6WAS
|UFA
Fair Salary
4,083,750CraftedPM
-2TOR
|UFA
Fair Salary
3,471,188CraftedPM
-2.5MIL
|UFA
Fair Salary
3,471,188CraftedPM
-2.7DEN
|UFA
Fair Salary
1,735,594CraftedPM
-3.3Definitions
Fair Salary:Â 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.