NBA: Free Agents 2018 – list of all "free players".
On July 1, the transfer carousel will start in the NBA. Earlier, because already on Thursday, June 21, we will surely be witnessing several exchanges on the occasion of Draft. Let's take a look at the list of names of players who in the summer of 2018 will or may become "free players", or "free agents".
Before we review the list of names, let's make sure what the appropriate terms mean:
FREE AGENT - the competitor to whom the contract ends. We divide the "free agents" into two categories: RESTRICTED and UNRESTRICTED.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT - a player who ends the contract and can sign a new contract with any team, but his current team can match this offer and then the player stays in his old club.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT - a player who ends the contract and can sign a new contract with any team. The existing employer may, of course, submit a new contract proposal, but the competitor may choose another club's offer and it may be lower, higher or the same.
PLAYER OPTION – the player has a valid contract for one more season, but he may give up the last year of the contract and enter the market of "free agents". The most often do players who know that they will receive a very good proposition from their current or new club. Players who want to leave the present also do that.
TEAM OPTION - the player has a valid contract, but the club can decide that the player will enter the "free players" market. This happens in two cases. First, when the player has a high contract or simply the team does not want to have him on the team anymore and he simply gives up his services. It is simple and obvious.
The second case is more complicated - when the player has an important contract for a year, but now the team wants to extend his contract.
"Team option", when the team wants the player to prolong the contract, I will try to give an example:
- Player X will earn "only" $ 3 million for the 2018/2019 season.
- For the year X ends his contract, he is a valuable player who will be in demand on the market of "free agents" in 2019.
- His current club wants him to stay with them for the next few years. What does he do?
- The current club uses the option of the team and now offers it a contract, for example, for seasons: 2019/20, 20/21 and 21/22 for e.g. a total of $ 40 million.
- Player X agrees because he has a guarantee that his new contract will enter into force next year, but in the 2018/19 season, the current salary will be in force.
- In the case of "team option" it is not possible to accelerate the increase in the contract amount, but you can guarantee that the player extends the contract for the next several seasons.
It is worth remembering that the restricted "free agent" and the options of the player or team are privileges (sometimes for the player, sometimes for the team), it means they are not recorded in every contract, so it is worth checking who has what record in the contract.
ATLANTA HAWKS
- Restricted Free Agent : Malcolm Delaney , Damion Lee
- Player Option: Mike Muscala , Dewayne Dedmon
BOSTON CELTICS
- Restricted Free Agent: Marcus Smart , Jonathan Gibson
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Aron Bayne s, Greg Monroe , Shane Larkin
BROOKLYN NETS
- Restricted Free Agent: Nik Stauskas
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Dante Cunningham , Quincy Acy , Joe Harris , Jahlil Okafor
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
- Restricted Free Agent: Treveon Graham
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Michael Carter-Williams
CHICAGO BULLS
- Restricted Free Agent: Noah Vonleh , Zach LaVine , David Nwaba
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
- Restricted Free Agent: Rodney Hood
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Jeff Green , Jose Calderon
- possible Team Option: Kendrick Perkins
- Player Option: LeBron James (all indications are that LeBron will take advantage of this opportunity, but it is not known whether it will prolong the contract with Cavs or go to another club)
DALLAS MAVERICKS
- Restricted Free Agent: Doug McDermott , Salah Mejri , Aaron Harrison
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Seth Curry , Nerlens Noel , Yogi Ferrell
- possible Team Option: Dirk Nowitzki
DENVER NUGGETS
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Will Barton , Richard Jefferson , Devin Harris
- Player Option: Wilson Chandler , Darrell Arthur
- possible Team Option: Nikola Jokic (Nuggets will want to offer Jokic a new contract)
DETROIT PISTONS
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Anthony Tolliver , Jameer Nelson , James Ennis
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
- Restricted Free Agent: Patrick McCaw
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Nick Young , Zaza Pachulia , David West , JaVale McGee , Kevon Looney
- Player Option: Kevin Durant (he said he would use this option, but to sign a new longer contract with Warriors)
HOUSTON ROCKETS
- Restricted Free Agent: Clint Capela
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Chris Paul , Joe Johnson , Gerald Green , Trevor Ariza , Luc Mbah a Moute , Tarik Black
INDIANA PACERS
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Trevor Booker , Glenn Robinson
- possible Team Option: Lance Stephenson , Joe Young
- Player Option: Thaddeus Young , Cory Joseph
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
- Restricted Free Agent: Montrezl Harrell
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Avery Bradley
- Player Option: DeAndre Jordan , Austin Rivers , Milos Teodosić (Jordan is considering this possibility to move to another club, Rivers and Teodosić earn too much to give up the current money)
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
- Restricted Free Agent: Julius Randle , Andre Ingram , Travis Wear
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Channing Frye , Brook Lopez , Isaiah Thomas , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Mario Chalmers , Tyreke Evans
MIAMI HEAT
- Restricted Free Agent: Jordan Mickey
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Dwyane Wade , Udonis Haslem , Wayne Ellington , Luke Babbitt
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
- Restricted Free Agent: Jabari Parker
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Jason Terry , Shabazz Muhammad
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
- Restricted Free Agent: Marcus Georges-Hunt , Nemanja Bjelica , Amile Jefferson
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Aaron Brooks , Derrick Rose
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Rajon Rondo , DeMarcus Cousins , Jordan Crawford , Ian Clark
NEW YORK KNICKS
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Jarrett Jack , Michael Beasley
- Player Option: Enes Kanter , Kyle O’Quinn , Ron Baker
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Corey Brewer , Raymond Felton , Josh Huestis , Jerami Grant
- Player Option: Paul George , Carmelo Anthony (early termination, it means Melo would give up last year, but he earns so much that he would be crazy, but George will probably take advantage of this opportunity)
ORLANDO MAGIC
- Restricted Free Agent: Aaron Gordon
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Arron Afflalo , Marreese Speights , Mario Hezonja
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Marco Belinelli , JJ Redick , Ersan Ilyasova , Amir Johnson
- possible Team Option: T.J. McConnell , Richaun Holmes
PHOENIX SUNS
- Restricted Free Agent: Elfrid Payton
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Alex Len
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
- Restricted Free Agent: Shabazz Napier , Jusuf Nurkic , Pat Connaughton
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Ed Davis, Wade Baldwin , Jake Layman , Georgios Papagiannis
SACRAMENTO KINGS
- Restricted Free Agent: Bruno Caboclo
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Vince Carter
- Player Option: Kosta Koufos , Garrett Temple , Iman Shumpert
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
- Restricted Free Agent: Davis Bertans , Bryn Forbes , Kyle Anderson
- Unrestricted Free Agent: Tony Parker
- Player Option: Rudy Gay , Danny Green , Joffrey Lauvergne
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