NBA All-Value Team: Bobby Marks picks his 15-player roster - ESPN

All 525 NBA players under contract this season have value. For some, such as supermax stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo, that value is easy to spot.

For others, such as the Dallas Mavericks' Ryan Nembhard or the Memphis Grizzlies' Cam Spencer, value comes in the form of starter-caliber minutes from players on two-way and minimum-level deals.

Our NBA All-Value Team, composed of 15 players from 12 franchises, shines a spotlight on those difference-makers who are far outplaying their contracts as their teams chase the postseason.

To be eligible, a player cannot earn more than $3 million this season, be signed to a first- or second-round exception (sorry, Cooper Flagg and Victor Wembanyama), or have more than six years of NBA experience. Milwaukee Bucks guard AJ Green, who went from an undrafted free agent in 2022 to full-time starter this season, is ineligible despite his salary below $3 million; he signed a four-year, $45 million extension in October.

The road to the NBA has not been easy for the players below. Fourteen have signed a two-way contract at some point, and eight players having been waived along the journeys to their current teams.

But all 15 are hoping to parlay this season's success into their first big NBA contract, forcing their teams into some tough decisions as the league inches closer to the Feb. 5 trade deadline.

2025-26 contract: $2.3 million
Stats: 23.4 MPG, 10.3 PPG, 50.3 FG%, 46.2 3P%

After being drafted No. 37 by the Washington Wizards in 2020, Krejci's journey has taken the 25-year-old guard to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Hawks and Minnesota Timberwolves on a training camp deal.

He's now back with the Hawks, where he parlayed a two-way contract signed in December