John Jones-USA TODAY Sports
Salary: $5,808,435
Real Value: $36,482,575
Difference: +$30,674,140
Another player on the final year of his rookie-scale contract who’s about to see his contract size explode, Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton, in the eyes of Real Value, has been underpaid by roughly $30.7 million this season, making him one of the most underpaid players in the league.
Haliburton is averaging 20.3 points, a league-leading 10.9 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game in 2023-24 on 47.7 percent shooting. And if not for a mighty cold streak from beyond the arc (Haliburton has hit just 30.4 percent of his triples over the last 24 games), he’d likely rank even higher on this most-underpaid-players list.
Depending on if Haliburton makes All-NBA this season, which is starting to look like a stretch, his next contract will be worth either 25 percent of the salary cap (five years, $206 million) or 30 percent of the cap (five years, $260 million).
Either way, this is probably going to be the last year for Haliburton to find himself on a ranking such as this, as it’s unlikely he’ll be outperforming his future contract the way he has his rookie-scale contract unless he takes another massive leap as a player.
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