We all know the feeling of walking into a store and finding a genuinely nice item in the clearance section that's unquestionably worth more than pricing suggests.
(This writer still remembers the $4 pair of Levi's found at a random Marshall's in downtown Chicago that got 20 years of use.)
As it turns out, NBA teams are not so different. While they're handing out mega-contracts, plenty of organizations have still found significant value in unexpected places, to the point where signed players become borderline All-Stars and thus major building blocks.
During free agency last summer, a new slew of bargains were found.