What’s the value of a win? Last summer, we went over the idea of "value" from the perspective of how player salaries correlate to Win Shares, and taken a look at how the Milwaukee Bucks have fared in recent history. Though imperfect, that series helped us boil everything all down to one metric that translates universally: money. From our conclusion in October:
...we already know that every team competes for the same limited commodity (wins) by spending a common resource (salary). By translating wins into a dollar figure (using Win Shares), and determining how much money each win is "worth" under the salary cap, we can determine the Win Share value differential, which shows how much more (or less) any NBA player is worth compared to the league average.