The Economically Efficient NBA Team | HOOPSWORLD.com | NBA News and Information: "In theory, above-max players and players on rookie contracts are the only players in the league that should be underpaid. Everyone else should be bid up to market in free agency. Quite obviously, that's not realistic. Players are overpaid or underpaid for any number of reasons. Injuries are a huge one. Not developing the way they were expected to, whether breaking out, busting, aging early, or displaying surprising longevity. Sometimes the market -- or one team, since that's all that is necessary to create market value -- is just wrong. "