NBA trades hinge on the value of a given player’s talent against his contract. Evaluating those twin factors is the subject of debate throughout NBA Twitter, Slack chats, and front office war rooms. Differentiating between degrees of bad contracts is perhaps more important this year than it’s ever been. With so much 2016 money still on the books of NBA franchises, fans and analysts tend to lump all bad contracts into the same category. It’s not that easy. Players like Joakim Noah and Luol Deng are simple – their entire salary can basically be treated as dead money — but most everybody else sits somewhere above that line.
Trail Blazers Wing Evan Turner’s Value Isn’t as Low as You Think
