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The Indiana Fever earns a C- Contract Value Index (CVI), reflecting a roster construction strategy that leans toward inefficiency without critical missteps. Of six graded contracts, zero qualify as good-value deals while two represent outright overpays—a distribution that indicates the front office has struggled to extract market-rate or discount talent on the open market. This absence of positive value anchors suggests the Fever are paying market rate or above for most of their committed salary, which, under the WNBA's hard cap, creates meaningful pressure on roster flexibility and depth spending. With only six contracts formally graded against a 14-player roster, the analysis covers roughly 43 percent of the full complement, leaving a significant portion of the squad in lower-salary or minimum-salary territory—typical for any WNBA team but still worth noting as a composition reality. The pair of overpays, though small in raw count, signal that the front office has made at least a couple of misjudgments in valuing contributors, whether through extension inflation or free-agent overspend relative to on-court impact. Going forward, the Fever will need to prioritize value-conscious acquisitions and lean harder on the underpaid or minimum-salary slots to offset the dead weight in the graded deals and create runway for competitive upgrades.