Dillon Brooks
Albatross risk — −$24.6M on $45.1M still owed
Dillon Brooks projects to 5.2 marginal wins — $18.4M of on-court value — against an apron-adjusted true cost of $43.0M.
Albatross risk — −$24.6M on $45.1M still owed
The verdict swings from −$36.0M (bear) to −$12.1M (bull) — too assumption-sensitive to move on; let another season of data settle the call.
For $21.5M this season (2 yr, $45.1M total), you are buying 5.2 marginal wins of EPM production — $18.4M of value at $3.5M/win. Against an apron-adjusted true cost of $43.0M, that nets −$24.6M of surplus, 145th of 178 tracked contracts — it grades as an albatross.
If wins price up toward $4.2M/win and the apron tax eases, production value climbs to $25.5M and surplus swings to −$12.1M — an overpay in the optimistic case.
If a marginal win is worth less and the apron bites harder, true cost rises to $48.4M and surplus falls to −$36.0M — an albatross in the pessimistic case; the verdict flips across the band.
Caution — the verdict flips somewhere across bear/base/bull assumptions. This call is assumption-sensitive, not settled.
This call changes under bear assumptions: Dillon Brooks grades Albatross risk in the bear case but Paying a premiumin the bull case — treat the verdict above as a live read of today’s sliders, not a settled fact.
The market's own numbers: a win costs what the middle of the league pays for it.
Every apron dollar is real money — the tax ledger, not the highlight reel, decides who wins the summer.
Banners hang forever. A marginal win today is worth almost any tomorrow, and the tax is the cost of doing business.
Wins you buy before you're ready are the most expensive wins in basketball — flexibility is the only asset that never ages.
The tenth man is closer to the star than the star's agent admits — pay for scarcity you can prove, not reputation.
1 of 5 desks disagree with the verdict above — that disagreement is the story.
Take the question to the docket →Similar money band ($22.0M vs $21.5M) and impact (1.2 vs 1.2); his deal grades paying a premium at −$3.6M.
Similar money band ($22.0M vs $21.5M) and impact (1.2 vs 1.2); his deal grades albatross risk at −$14.6M.
Similar money band ($20.7M vs $21.5M) and impact (1.1 vs 1.2); his deal grades fairly priced at −$2.9M.
How the model gets there.
The audit trail behind every figure in the memo above — six steps from raw on-court impact to the final surplus verdict, using the same sliders. Drag any assumption and the memo above updates with it.
AASV = wins × $/win − cap hit × apron multiplier. Set the knobs to your own front-office judgment — every number on this page updates live.
League estimated net rating (per 100 poss. vs. an average player), cached from stats.nba.com (seed snapshot).
Est. Impact = 1.2 · 2025-26 · 74 games · 2,400 minutes
Impact is credited above replacement level (-2.0), scaled by the possessions he actually played (minutes × 2.08/min), then converted at 30.5 net points per win.
(1.2 − (-2.0)) × 5,000 poss ÷ 100 = 160 net pts
160 ÷ 30.5 = 5.2 wins
Wins are priced at your $/win setting ($3.5M per win).
5.2 wins × $3.5M = $18.4M
PHX is a second apron team, so every Dillon Brooks dollar is charged at 2.00× — your setting for what that tier’s tax and roster restrictions really cost. Contract: 2 yrs · $45.1M remaining.
$21.5M cap hit × 2.00 = $43.0M
$18.4M − $43.0M = −$24.6M
Dillon Brooks costs more than he produces under these assumptions — the contract eats value.
First season on file — the trend view, and its tie-in to aging risk, unlocks once another season lands.