Why Role Players are Getting So Expensive

Throughout the offseason, we've seen role players in the NBA receiving some head-scratchingly large contracts. Isaiah Hartenstein secured a $87M deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nabbed a $66M deal with the Orlando Magic, and Nic Claxton got a $99M deal with the Brooklyn Nets.
Perhaps the largest contract for a role player we've seen is for OG Anunoby, who will be making upwards of $40M per year on average for the New York Knicks.
So why, all of a sudden, are we seeing role players getting so much money? Is this anything new? The truth is, as is the case with most things, that it's more complicated than just "overpaid or not". In this NBA video essay, we get to the bottom of it.
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