According to basketball-reference.com there are 60 unrestricted free agents (UFA) in the NBA that played during the 2012/13 season and remain unsigned. I was interested in understanding the most cost-effective UFA so I collected data on two categories for each of the 60 players: their 2013-14 salary or salary cap hit, and their 2012-13 PER--a standardized per-minute measure of offensive and defensive performance where 15 represents the average performance for a given season.
I divided each player's 2013-14 salary or salary cap hit by PER to capture a salary cost per PER point. Basically, teams would want to look at UFAs with the lowest salary dollar per PER point because they would be paying less for better performance (at least based on 2012-13 and assuming a player's salary remains at the reported level).
Based on this approach the 5 most cost-effective available UFAs are Brandan Wright, Malcolm Thomas, Earl Barron, Antawn Jamison and Chris Wilcox--all of whom had above a 15 PER (Cole Aldrich is the only other player on the list with a PER above 15). The five least cost-effective available UFAs were Hedo Turkoglu, Daniel Gibson, Tyrus Thomas, Joel Pryzbilla and Drew Gooden. The chart below ranks the players based on 2013-14 salary per PER point starting with Brandon Wright.
I divided each player's 2013-14 salary or salary cap hit by PER to capture a salary cost per PER point. Basically, teams would want to look at UFAs with the lowest salary dollar per PER point because they would be paying less for better performance (at least based on 2012-13 and assuming a player's salary remains at the reported level).
Based on this approach the 5 most cost-effective available UFAs are Brandan Wright, Malcolm Thomas, Earl Barron, Antawn Jamison and Chris Wilcox--all of whom had above a 15 PER (Cole Aldrich is the only other player on the list with a PER above 15). The five least cost-effective available UFAs were Hedo Turkoglu, Daniel Gibson, Tyrus Thomas, Joel Pryzbilla and Drew Gooden. The chart below ranks the players based on 2013-14 salary per PER point starting with Brandon Wright.
| Player | 13/ 14 Salary or Cap Hit |
12/13 PER |
13/14 Salary/ PER |
| Brandan Wright | $884,293 | 21 | $42,109.19 |
| Malcolm Thomas | $884,293 | 16.7 | $52,951.68 |
| Earl Barron | $884,293 | 15.4 | $57,421.62 |
| Antawn Jamison | $884,293 | 15.3 | $57,796.93 |
| Chris Wilcox | $884,293 | 15.3 | $57,796.93 |
| Mo Williams | $884,293 | 14.4 | $61,409.24 |
| Kenyon Martin | $884,293 | 13.9 | $63,618.20 |
| Leandro Barbosa | $884,293 | 13.5 | $65,503.19 |
| Alan Anderson | $884,293 | 12.6 | $70,181.98 |
| Damien Wilkins | $884,293 | 12.5 | $70,743.44 |
| A.J. Price | $884,293 | 12.4 | $71,313.95 |
| Louis Amundson | $893,500 | 11.7 | $76,367.52 |
| Keyon Dooling | $884,293 | 11.2 | $78,954.73 |
| Jamaal Tinsley | $884,293 | 10.6 | $83,423.87 |
| Juwan Howard | $884,293 | 9.9 | $89,322.53 |
| Cartier Martin | $884,293 | 9.7 | $91,164.23 |
| Mike James | $884,293 | 9.5 | $93,083.47 |
| Richard Hamilton | $1,000,000 | 10.6 | $94,339.62 |
| Marquis Daniels | $884,293 | 9.2 | $96,118.80 |
| James White | $884,293 | 9.1 | $97,175.05 |
| Ronnie Brewer | $884,293 | 9.1 | $97,175.05 |
| Lance Thomas | $1,005,000 | 10.1 | $99,504.95 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | $884,293 | 8.5 | $104,034.47 |
| Tracy McGrady | $884,293 | 8.5 | $104,034.47 |
| Anthony Tolliver | $884,293 | 8.4 | $105,272.98 |
| Royal Ivey | $884,293 | 8.1 | $109,171.98 |
| Sam Young | $884,293 | 7.5 | $117,905.73 |
| Derek Fisher | $884,293 | 7 | $126,327.57 |
| DeJuan Blair | $2,002,600 | 14.6 | $137,164.38 |
| Devin Harris | $2,003,339 | 14.6 | $137,215.00 |
| Vladimir Radmanovic | $884,293 | 6.3 | $140,363.97 |
| Mickael Pietrus | $884,293 | 6 | $147,382.17 |
| Dahntay Jones | $884,293 | 5.4 | $163,757.96 |
| Sebastian Telfair | $2,037,750 | 10.7 | $190,443.93 |
| DaJuan Summers | $884,293 | 4.3 | $205,649.53 |
| Terrence Williams | $2,678,640 | 12.3 | $217,775.61 |
| Daequan Cook | $884,293 | 4 | $221,073.25 |
| Jannero Pargo | $3,340,920 | 14.1 | $236,944.68 |
| Cole Aldrich | $3,857,040 | 15.7 | $245,671.34 |
| Nolan Smith | $1,793,520 | 7.1 | $252,608.45 |
| Johan Petro | $2,897,976 | 11 | $263,452.36 |
| Jason Collins | $884,293 | 2.9 | $304,928.62 |
| Elliot Williams | $4,469,548 | 12 | $372,462.33 |
| D.J. Augustin | $4,200,000 | 11 | $381,818.18 |
| Luke Walton | $4,320,000 | 11.3 | $382,300.88 |
| Mike Miller | $6,200,000 | 13.5 | $459,259.26 |
| Luke Babbitt | $4,508,504 | 9.4 | $479,628.09 |
| Marcus Camby | $4,383,773 | 8.6 | $509,741.05 |
| Lamar Odom | $5,607,240 | 10.9 | $514,425.69 |
| Roger Mason | $5,568,333 | 10 | $556,833.30 |
| Linas Kleiza | $4,600,000 | 8.2 | $560,975.61 |
| Corey Maggette | $4,500,000 | 7.9 | $569,620.25 |
| Beno Udrih | $11,058,300 | 14.9 | $742,167.79 |
| DeSagana Diop | $5,016,960 | 6.6 | $760,145.45 |
| Xavier Henry | $6,344,164 | 7.6 | $834,758.42 |
| Drew Gooden | $6,687,400 | 7.7 | $868,493.51 |
| Joel Przybilla | $2,897,976 | 3.3 | $878,174.55 |
| Tyrus Thomas | $10,300,000 | 9.6 | $1,072,916.67 |
| Daniel Gibson | $9,105,431 | 7.7 | $1,182,523.51 |
| Hedo Turkoglu | $12,000,000 | 3.4 | $3,529,411.76 |
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