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Player Contract Analysis
Lindy Waters III
2025-26

Lindy Waters III

Age: 28.0
Team: SAS
Salary: $2,296,274.00
Adj. Win Shares: 0.2
Contract Value Analysis

Contract Value Rating

5.8/10

Overpay Index

2.66
Bad Overpay

League Value Per Win Share

$5.69M
$5,690,000.00

Player Cost Per Win Share

$15.11M
$15,107,065.79

Adjusted Salary

$863K
$863,260.90

Adjusted Salary Percentage

-62.41%

OPI Season Rank

#348 out of 420
Low OPI = better value

Premium OPI Rank

Among players with OPI < 1
Value Assessment

Contract Evaluation: This player is overpaid, with compensation exceeding their on-court contributions.

Win Share Value: Based on the league average cost per win share of $5.69M, Lindy Waters III's contribution of 0.3 win shares has a market value that can be calculated by the analysis.

Salary Reality: Lindy Waters III's actual salary of $2.30M means the team is paying 166.0% above market value for their performance.

Availability: Lindy Waters III played 34 of their team's 64 games (30 missed).

Contract Value Rating
5.8/10
Scale: 0-10

OPI Tier

Bad Overpay
Stat Value
GP (Games Played) 34.0
GS (Games Started) 0.0
MPG (Minutes) 6.5
PPG (Points) 2.1
RPG (Rebounds) 0.6
APG (Assists) 0.4
SPG (Steals) 0.1
BPG (Blocks) 0.0
FG% (Field Goal) 37.9%
3P% (Three Point) 34.5%
2P% (Two Point) 62.5%
eFG% (Effective Field Goal) 53.0%
FT% (Free Throw) 100.0%
ORPG (Offensive Rebounds) 0.1
DRPG (Defensive Rebounds) 0.6
TOV (Turnovers) 0.1
PF (Personal Fouls) 0.5
Stat Value
PER (Player Efficiency Rating) 7.6
TS% (True Shooting) 53.4%
USG% (Usage Rate) 13.6%
BPM (Box Plus/Minus) -2.5
VORP (Value Over Replacement) 0.0
WS/48 (Win Shares per 48 min) 0.065
OBPM (Offensive Box Plus/Minus) -2.4
DBPM (Defensive Box Plus/Minus) -0.1
WS (Win Shares) 0.3
OWS (Offensive Win Shares) 0.1
DWS (Defensive Win Shares) 0.2
AST% (Assist Percentage) 8.1%
STL% (Steal Percentage) 1.1%
BLK% (Block Percentage) 0.4%
TOV% (Turnover Percentage) 7.0%
ORB% (Offensive Rebound %) 1.5%
DRB% (Defensive Rebound %) 8.9%
TRB% (Total Rebound %) 5.3%
3PAr (Three Point Attempt Rate) 87.9%
FTAr (Free Throw Attempt Rate) 1.5%
League Context

Salary Cap

$154.65M
$154,647,000.00

Total NBA Payroll

$4.64B
30 teams

League Total Wins

997
33.2 per team