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Player Contract Analysis
Nicolas Batum
2025-26

Nicolas Batum

Age: 37.0
Team: LAC
Salary: $5,601,600.00
Adj. Win Shares: 1.2
Contract Value Analysis

Contract Value Rating

10.0/10

Overpay Index

0.8
Strong Underpay

League Value Per Win Share

$5.69M
$5,690,000.00

Player Cost Per Win Share

$4.54M
$4,539,384.12

Adjusted Salary

$7.00M
$7,002,000.00

Adjusted Salary Percentage

+25.00%

OPI Season Rank

#195 out of 420
Low OPI = better value

Premium OPI Rank

#172 out of 273
Among players with OPI < 1
Value Assessment

Contract Evaluation: This is a fair market value contract, with the player's compensation matching their on-court contributions.

Win Share Value: Based on the league average cost per win share of $5.69M, Nicolas Batum's contribution of 1.3 win shares has a market value that can be calculated by the analysis.

Salary Reality: Nicolas Batum's actual salary of $5.60M means the team is getting a 20.0% discount on market value for their performance.

Availability: Nicolas Batum played 60 of their team's 64 games (4 missed).

Contract Value Rating
10.0/10
Scale: 0-10

OPI Tier

Strong Underpay
Stat Value
GP (Games Played) 60.0
GS (Games Started) 5.0
MPG (Minutes) 18.6
PPG (Points) 4.1
RPG (Rebounds) 2.6
APG (Assists) 0.9
SPG (Steals) 0.7
BPG (Blocks) 0.3
FG% (Field Goal) 39.8%
3P% (Three Point) 39.6%
2P% (Two Point) 44.4%
eFG% (Effective Field Goal) 58.7%
FT% (Free Throw) 81.8%
ORPG (Offensive Rebounds) 0.3
DRPG (Defensive Rebounds) 2.2
TOV (Turnovers) 0.6
PF (Personal Fouls) 1.4
Stat Value
PER (Player Efficiency Rating) 8.0
TS% (True Shooting) 59.5%
USG% (Usage Rate) 9.6%
BPM (Box Plus/Minus) -1.2
VORP (Value Over Replacement) 0.2
WS/48 (Win Shares per 48 min) 0.057
OBPM (Offensive Box Plus/Minus) -1.8
DBPM (Defensive Box Plus/Minus) 0.7
WS (Win Shares) 1.3
OWS (Offensive Win Shares) 0.4
DWS (Defensive Win Shares) 1.0
AST% (Assist Percentage) 6.4%
STL% (Steal Percentage) 1.8%
BLK% (Block Percentage) 1.7%
TOV% (Turnover Percentage) 14.5%
ORB% (Offensive Rebound %) 2.2%
DRB% (Defensive Rebound %) 13.5%
TRB% (Total Rebound %) 8.0%
3PAr (Three Point Attempt Rate) 95.5%
FTAr (Free Throw Attempt Rate) 5.5%
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