Cody Williams

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Cap-table math on Cody Williams's contract works out to a F Contract Value Index given term and player option structure. A $5.7M average annual value over three years on a second-year player producing 7.4 PPG, 2.8 RPG, and 1.5 APG across 57 games in the 2025-26 season is defensible in isolation—developmental wings on rookie scale deals rarely carry immediate value—but the CVI collapse from B- to F over the last month reflects a harsh reality: Williams's on-court output has not justified even a modest contract when weighed against opportunity cost and Utah's organizational posture. The Jazz are in pure survival mode at 22-60, cycling through 10-day guards and rest-of-season signings rather than investing developmental capital in rotation experiments, a signal that internal confidence in Williams's near-term NBA viability is lower than the public endorsements from head coach Will Hardy suggest. His shooting efficiency and sub-10 PER mark him squarely in below-average territory for a rotation player, and while the mediaFraming acknowledges incremental developmental growth, that narrative is being sustained almost entirely by low expectations and patience rather than measurable statistical improvement. Williams's contract itself is not onerous—three years at $5.7M AAV provides flexibility—but the CVI grade reflects the widening gap between what the organization is saying about him publicly and what the stat sheet is actually showing, a gap that will only close if he demonstrates tangible production gains before next season's evaluation window. At 21 and entering year three, Williams remains on a timeline, but the F grade signals that his current trajectory does not represent value at his current terms, and organizational patience is finite even on a rebuilding roster.

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