NBA Free Agents
By InsideHoops.com | Updated Mar. 12, 2008
NBA free agents are players not signed to a contract. They're jobless. These are the best NBA free agents that InsideHoops.com can think of who are currently playing in the D-League, some other minor league, overseas, or nowhere at all, hoping an NBA team will sign them.
Note that we are loosely ranking these free agents. They are not in exact order. Just the general ball-park.
Also, we're listing them in somewhat general order in regard to how much they'd help this season, and maybe next. We're thinking short-term, which makes sense since if any of these players get signed there's a good chance it'll be for a short-term contract, maybe for a season or two, or less.
FREE AGENT POINT GUARDS
Troy Hudson, Andre Barrett, Gary Payton, Randy Livingston, Orien Greene, Eddie Gill, Guillermo Diaz, Darius Washington, Dee Brown, Jay Williams, Corey Williams, Frank Williams, Gerry McNamara, Yuta Tabuse, Mateen Cleaves, Troy Bell, Moochie Norris.
FREE AGENT SHOOTING GUARDS
Brent Barry, Gerald Green, Dahntay Jones, Julius Hodge, Luke Jackson, Keith Langford, Tarence Kinsey, Allan Ray, James White, Desmon Farmer, David Wesley, Richie Frahm, Qyntel Woods, Dajuan Wagner, Dion Glover, Penny Hardaway, Doug Christie.
FREE AGENT SMALL FORWARDS
Ira Newble, Marcus Vinicius, Bobby Jones, Ruben Patterson, James Singleton, Sean Banks, Kasib Powell, Carlos Powell, Ronald Dupree, Jiri Welsch, Kedrick Brown, Stephane Lasme, Justin Reed, Eddie Robinson, DerMarr Johnson, Chris Crawford, Josh Davis, Zarko Cabarkapa, Tremaine Fowlkes, Dijon Thompson, Darius Rice, Brian Hamilton.
FREE AGENT POWER FORWARDS
Justin Williams, Elton Brown, Mike Sweetney, Antonio Davis, Alan Henderson, John Thomas, Samaki Walker, Sam Clancy, Lonny Baxter, Marcus Haislip, Jerome Moiso, Danny Fortson, Chris Alexander, Chris Taft, Maurice Taylor, Scott Padgett, Marcus Fizer, Wayne Simien, Robert Traylor, Rod Benson, Lawrence Roberts.
FREE AGENT CENTERS
Dale Davis, Jelani McCoy, Loren Woods, Rafael Araujo, Michael Olowokandi, Zendon Hamilton, Maciej Lampe, Luke Schenscher, Ben Handlogten, Jackie Butler, Lance Allred, Kelvin Cato, Peter John Ramos, Pape Sow, James Lang, Andrew DeClercq, Ha Seung-Jin, Wang Zhizhi, Vladimir Stepania, Keith Closs
If we're missing a good player, email us.
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OFF-SEASON NBA FREE AGENT SIGNING INFO
Unrestricted NBA free agents can sign with any team that offers them a valid contract. But restricted free agents, if they sign with a new team, sign an "offer sheet," and their previous team can choose to match that contract (thus keeping the player) or to let the player leave -- in which case the offer sheet becomes a signed contract and done deal.
Players with a Player Option can choose to become an NBA free agent in that off-season.
Players whose contracts have a Team Option may wind up becoming a free agent if their team decides to end their contract.
Unrestricted free agents can sign with any team in the league that can offer them a proper contract, and once the deal is signed, it's done.
Restricted free agents can re-sign with the team they were just on, or sign an 'offer sheet' with any of the other 29 teams, but then the original team can choose to match the 'offer sheet' offer and retain the player.
NBA free agent signings during the summer are of huge importance and shape the entire upcoming season. InsideHoops.com provides full coverage of every aspect of it, so always load us up every day during the off-season as well as the actual season.
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