Not every player on an NBA contract is on the roster to play minutes. Some are experienced (read: older) veterans who are there to help mentor the team’s younger prospects and stars. Fans may not understand the value they bring, holding the locker room together, providing private counsel, be it to stars or impressionable, developing players.
There’s a reason players like Markieff Morris have stuck around so long, past their primes as rotational contributors. Each earned the minimum $3.3 million with their respective clubs:
Any team with an open roster spot would benefit…