In the quest for playoff and championship success, teams need great contracts on their rosters to enable flexibility and the space to sign extra pieces. The Portland Trail Blazers have a few great value ones themselves after some shrewd negotiating on Neil Olshey’s part.
Value contracts are also important as they are easily tradeable in situations where a player may get injured. Or if a star on another team becomes unhappy, then you have value contracts you can use to trade for said player.
Some teams struggle to get these value contracts, as they spend their money too liberally and are at the mercy of agents who do a great job at getting their clients overpaid.