NBA offset: top 10 free agents without restriction always available, including Russell Westbrook

The NBA off -season has slowed down. Descent.

This does not mean that the action is over, there are still a few things that are worth monitored. There are still four limited free agents – Jonathan Kuminga (still looking for a sign and an exchange which does not make him around 30 million dollars per season), Josh Giddey, Cam Thomas and Quentin Grimes. In addition, a A handful of veterans can receive contract extensions, including Luka (which should re-sign with the Lakers, with a minimal drama), Kevin Durant, Trae Young and De’Aron Fox.

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And, there are still open places to fill. Here are the 10 best free agents still available, although this stage expect everyone to sign for the minimum veteran or a small exception a team still available

Note: It is not on this list is Malik Beasley, who is a free agent without restriction but no team is near him in the light of the Investigation during the game which clings above him.

1) Al Horford

There is not much drama here because Horford should sign with the Warriors. The only reason it is still available can be the current Kuminga free agency in progress, who have warriors who hold other movements until it is finished.

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Horford is the kind of high -level two -level player who should prosper with the Warriors and Steve Kerr’s system. He can mark inside, overthrowing the corner at 3 points and is still a quality defender at 37 years old. Due to this age, his minutes must be watched during the season, but it is a small price for the quality minutes he gives when he is on the ground (and we can trust him to play in playoffs).

2) Russell Westbrook

So far, no team has registered in the Russell Westbrook roller coaster for next season. Last season, he collected an average of 13.3 points and 6.1 assists per match for the Nuggets, and had good chemistry with Nikola Jokić. However, these solid numbers believe the ups and downs of the season. When he is on his game, his energy is contagious and he always offers dynamic sports games that can change the situation. Unfortunately, they can be followed by bad head decisions that could cost a team a match.

Denver could have signed Westbrook again after withdrawing a 3.5 million dollars player option, but chose to rotate and do another direction. This can be revealing for other linked teams. Westbrook was strongly linked to the Kings of Sacramento.

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3) Chris Boucher

Boucher is the kind of player in demand around the league (which makes a little surprise that it is available). It is a solid level stretch at the level of the rotation which collected an average of 10 points and 4.5 rebounds per game last season for Toronto, and pulled 36.3% on almost four points per game. This is the kind of player who could connect to a lot of queues and help, and he will surprise fans from wherever he signs who did not look at him in Toronto.

4) Amir Coffey

A key rotation player in a clippers team of 50 victories last season, the 28-year-old wing collected on average 9.7 points per game and pulled 40.9% beyond the arc, in addition it is particularly strong on the 3 scores. When the time for the playoffs came, coffee was the strange man of the rotation of Tyronn Lue, but for a team looking for the depth of the wings, coffee can help.

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5) Gary Payton II

It is a little surprising that it is always available, with teams everywhere in search of defenders who can put pressure on the ball and drop 3 points (although not known as a large shooter, it is a career at 34% beyond the arc). Payton collected an average of 6.5 points per game for the Warriors last season. A return to the bay region is not out of the question, but the Lakers, the Heat, the Dollars and the Soleils were also linked to Payton.

6) Malcolm Brogdon

Two years ago, he was the sixth man of the year, but the injuries limited him to only 63 combined in the past two seasons (in Portland and Washington), dropping his stock around the League. If it is in good health, it is worth more than the risk for a team because it can be a solid part of a rotation of the guard. He collected an average of 12.7 points and 4.1 assists last season when he is in good health.

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7) Seth Curry

Each team needs more shots. Seth Curry pulled 45.6% beyond the Arc last season in Charlotte. Connected to a reserve role in the right team, it could be a boost to the rotation of the guard, and it was linked to the signature with the team of his brother in the Warriors (however, as with Al Horford, everything in Golden State seems to be hung up while waiting for the end of the Kuminga saga).

8) Trey Lyles

The case of Lyles is similar to that of Boucher above: many teams could use a section of four / small five balls, and Lyles can fulfill this role on the bench. He collected an average of 6.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last season in Sacramento (playing part of this season and the previous one for Mike Brown, if you are looking for a team where it could have a connection). A team will break it before the start of the season.

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9) Ben Simmons

There will be roles of the eyes of the fans of any team signs Simmons. However, if you looked at him healthy with the Clippers last season, you saw a guy who can have a role of regular season bench in the NBA.

Last season with the Clippers, he collected an average of 2.9 points and 3.8 assists per game in 16 minutes per night, serving as an avant-garde point for the second unit, and he is still a more defender (he played a more important role in the reconstruction of Brooklyn). He is not going to take 3s (or even horsemen outside the painting), he will not help in the playoffs. However, in a limited role, he could help the right team for the first 82 games.

10) Monte Morris

A veteran rotation goalkeeper who is a career of 38.9% beyond the arc (36% last season). He showed flashes last season, but nothing corresponded to Phoenix, and Morris was one of them. He is not the marker at 30 (his age when the camp opens) that he was five years ago, but he could still help a team that needs the depth of the guard.