Miami Heat re-signed guard Jahmir Young to a Rest-of-Season Contract

Miami's re-signing of Young on a rest-of-season deal earns a D+ Contract Value Index (CVI), reflecting a marginal value proposition at the margins of a playoff roster. At $550K for the remainder of the season, the salary floor is negligible—this is essentially minimum-scale depth spending with no multi-year commitment, which eliminates long-term cap risk entirely. The CVI grade hinges on the fundamental mismatch: Young is a depth guard without starter credentials, and a rest-of-season contract offers zero roster flexibility or upside capture—the Heat are paying for immediate availability in a chase for playoff seeding, not for discounted talent. With the Finals 15 days away and Miami sitting at the 10 seed, this move reflects triage roster management rather than value creation; it's the kind of signing that makes tactical sense in a playoff sprint but does nothing to improve the fundamental talent ceiling. The D+ CVI stands because the deal is defensible on tactical grounds—you need bodies in a deep playoff run—but it carries no margin of efficiency or strategic leverage, making it a neutral-to-slightly-negative transaction from a pure value standpoint.