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Ultimate 2022 NBA free agency guide: Needs, priorities and spending options for all 30 teams

החלטתי להעתיק את הכתוב בקשר לכמה קבוצות שהיו במרכז העניינים בעונה הרגילה. אם תהיינה בקשות לקבוצות אחרות בתגובות, אנסה להיענות לבקשות. אני משלם כסף עבור ESPN+ וברשותי להשתמש בחומר כרצוני באתר שאינו מסחרי, כל זמן שאני נותן קרדיט למקור.

הקדמה:

he 2022 NBA Finals and the 2022 NBA draft are behind us, which means it's time to turn our full attention to the 2022 NBA offseason. Free agents can begin negotiating with teams starting Thursday at 6 p.m. ET. The NBA's annual player movement moratorium — during which most contracts can't be signed and trades can't be made official — begins July 1. A week later, everything that gets reported during the moratorium can become official after the league sets the final salary-cap and luxury-tax numbers for the 2022-23 season.

While only five teams enter this offseason with significant cap space to work with, all 30 teams have things they need to address this summer. We have a complete team-by-team guide to free agency, including what to watch, available exceptions, key dates, current roster status and every team's free-agent list.

We'll continue to update this file as moves get made throughout the summer, so be sure to check back often as big moves can shift priorities leaguewide.

Atlanta Hawks.2

Offseason transactions: AJ Griffin (first round) and Tyrese Martin (second round)

Who to Watch: Travis Schlenk

The Hawks' head of basketball operations has gone on the record saying he is not going to rely on continuity with the current roster.

Bird Rights Explainer

Bird rights
A team can exceed the cap to sign a free agent who has played three consecutive seasons with his current team. Bird rights transfer to a new team in a trade.

Early Bird rights
A team can exceed the cap to sign a player who has spent two consecutive seasons with his current team (without being waived, carries over in a trade), but it is restricted to 175% of his previous salary or 105% of the average player salary. A team can exceed either limit with available cap space. A contract signed using the early Bird exception must be for a minimum of two years, not including options. It cannot exceed four years.

Non-Bird rights
A free agent who has played one season with a team can sign for 120% of his previous contract or 120% of the minimum salary exception. Teams can exceed either limit but only with cap space or an exception.

Restricted free agent
A free agent either coming off his first-round rookie contract or who has signed a three-year contract and has three or fewer years of service can be given a qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent. In that case, his current team would have the right to match any offer. If the player is coming off a one-year or two-year deal, the maximum salary in the first year on an offer sheet from another team cannot exceed the full midlevel.

Note: A first-round pick who had his third-year or fourth-year option in his rookie-scale contract declined cannot be extended a qualifying offer and becomes an unrestricted free agent. His current team is limited to offering a contract with a first-year salary worth up to the value of the declined option.

"We made the decision last year to run the same group back," he told Atlanta radio station 92.9 The Game. "We probably should've tried to upgrade, as opposed to stay the status quo. The way the season played out, we're certainly going to try to upgrade the roster moving forward into next season." Remove Trae Young from trade discussions, and that leaves Atlanta with five players — John Collins, Kevin Huerter, De'Andre Hunter, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Clint Capela — who have salaries ranging from $9.8 million to $25 million. The Hawks also have eight future first-round picks, including a top-16-protected pick from Charlotte in 2023.

What else to watch:

• The rookie extension of Hunter

Available exceptions: $6.5 million tax midlevel, veterans minimum and trade ($1.7 million and $1.8 million)

Above the luxury tax: $5.5 million

Note: If Danilo Gallinari is waived, Atlanta has $11 million in flexibility below the luxury tax.

Key dates:

• June 29: Gallinari's $21.5 million contract becomes fully guaranteed. There is currently $5 million protected.
• Oct. 17: The last day to extend Hunter's contract.
• Oct. 31: The deadline to exercise the third-year team option of Jalen Johnson and fourth-year team option of Onyeka Okongwu.

Atlanta Hawks Projected Depth Chart

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
T. Young	K. Huerter	D. Hunter	J. Collins	C. Capela
	B. Bogdanovic	A. Griffin	D. GallinariPG	O. Okongwu
		C. Brown2	J. Johnson
Other: Tyrese Martin (SF)
PG: Partially guaranteed
2: Two-Way

Players under contract: 10

Two-way players: 1

Team needs:

• Defensive-minded backup point guard
• Frontcourt depth if Gallinari is waived

Extension-eligible: Bogdanovic, Gallinari and Hunter (rookie)

Free-agent status:

• Delon Wright | Bird
• Lou Williams | Bird
• Gorgui Dieng | Non Bird
• Kevin Knox II | Restricted| Non Bird
• Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot | Non Bird
• Sharife Cooper | Restricted | Non Bird
• Skylar Mays | Restricted | Early Bird

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Boston Celtics.3

Offseason transactions: JD Davison (second round)

What to watch: The luxury tax

After an appearance in the NBA Finals, the big question for the Celtics this offseason is whether ownership has an appetite to spend deep into the luxury tax. Including Al Horford's partially guaranteed contract, the Celtics enter the offseason $7.5 million over the luxury tax. Boston has the $6.5 million tax midlevel exception available, along with three large trade exceptions of $17.1, $9.7 and $6.9 million. Despite being over the tax, Boston can use the trade exceptions in a trade — but not to acquire a free agent via a sign-and-trade deal.

What else to watch:

• The Jaylen Brown extension options: three years, $119 million is the max allowed
• The rookie extension options for Grant Williams

Available exceptions: $6.5 million tax, veterans minimum and trade ($17.2 million, $9.7 million, $6.9 million and $3.8 million)

Over the luxury tax: $6 million

Key dates:

• June 29: The deadline to exercise the team options of Juwan Morgan ($1.8 million) and Sam Hauser ($1.6 million). Hauser has $300,000 in protection if the option is exercised.
• July 7: $9.8 million trade exception expires.
• July 15: Nik Stauskas' $2.2 million contract becomes guaranteed.
• July 18: $17.2 million trade exception expires.
• Sept. 1: Malik Fitts' $1.8 million contract has $50,000 in protection if he is on the roster.
• Oct. 17: The last day to extend the contracts of Brown and Grant Williams.
• Oct. 31: The deadline to exercise the fourth-year team options of Aaron Nesmith and Payton Pritchard.

Boston Celtics Projected Depth Chart

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
M. Smart	J. Brown	J. Tatum	A. Horford PG	R. Williams
P. Pritchard	D. White	A. Nesmith	G. Williams	D. Theis
	N. Stauskas NG	S. Hauser T	J. Morgan T
		M. Fitts NG
PG: Partial guarantee
T: Team Option

Players under contract: 14

Two-way players: 0

Team needs:

• Scoring wing off the bench
• Playmaking backup point guard
• Frontcourt depth

Extension eligible: Brown (as of Oct. 1), Horford and Grant Williams (rookie)

Free-agent status:

• Luke Kornet | Non-Bird
• Brodric Thomas | Restricted | Non-Bird
• Matt Ryan | Restricted | Non-Bird

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Brooklyn Nets. 4

Offseason transactions: None

What to watch: Kyrie Irving

Irving opted in to his $36.5 million contract, and the question moving forward is whether the decision is a short-term solution or the former All-Star is in a Nets uniform for the foreseeable future.

He is eligible to sign an extension for an additional four years up until next June, but Brooklyn has shown no inclination for giving him a new contract.

Would Brooklyn explore trades for Irving, or will it play out the season and let Irving walk for nothing next offseason or perhaps work out a new contract.

That is the unanswered question that will hover over the Nets this offseason and into the regular season.

What else to watch:

• The cost of their own free agents, Bruce Brown and Nic Claxton
• Does the front office have the authority to go deep into the luxury tax?
• The Seth Curry extension

Available exceptions: $6.5 million, veterans minimum and trade ($11.3 million, $6.3 million, $3.3 million, $1.7 million and $1.3 million)

Over the luxury tax: $9 million

Key dates:

• June 29: The Nets have to decide on the $1.6 million team option of Kessler Edwards.
• July 6: The $3.3 million trade exception expires.
• Aug. 11: The first day Curry's contract can be extended for more than two seasons.
• Aug. 19: The $6.6 million trade exception expires.
• Oct. 17: The last day to extend Ben Simmons' contract.
• Oct. 31: The deadline to exercise the third-year team options of Cam Thomas and Day'Ron Sharpe.

Brooklyn Nets Projected Depth Chart

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
K. Irving	S. Curry	B. Simmons	K. Durant	D. Sharpe
P. MillsP	C. Thomas	J. Harris
		K. Edwards T
P: Player option
T: Team option

Players under contract: 9

Two-way players: 0

Team needs:

• Rim protector at center and frontcourt depth
• Backup point guard if Mills becomes a free agent
• A healthy Joe Harris and Simmons
• Wing defender
• Depth at power forward and center

Extension eligible: Irving, Curry, (as of Aug. 11), Simmons (as of Aug. 11) and Harris

Free-agent status:

• Patty Mills | Player | Non-Bird
• Bruce Brown | Bird
• Goran Dragic | Non-Bird
• Blake Griffin | Early Bird
• Nic Claxton | Restricted | Bird
• Andre Drummond | Non-Bird
• LaMarcus Aldridge | Early Bird
• Kessler Edwards | Team | Restricted | Non-Bird
• David Duke Jr. | Restricted | Non-Bird

Los Angeles Lakers. 5

Offseason transactions: Max Christie (second round)

Who to watch: Russell Westbrook and Rob Pelinka

There is no surprise that Westbrook opted in to to his $47.4 million contract for next season. Now it is up to general manager Pelinka to build a win-now roster around rookie head coach Darvin Ham. Because of the challenges of moving Westbrook's contract without attaching a draft asset, the Lakers' front office will operate with the belief that the $6.5 million tax midlevel and veterans minimum exceptions are the lone resources available for their remaining eight roster spots. For the Lakers to have better results than the free agents they signed last offseason, they must be less reliant on veterans who were previously on the roster or at the tail end of their career.

What else to watch:

• The LeBron James extension: 2 years, $97.1M starting on Aug. 4
• Adding affordable youth in free agency (tax midlevel and veterans minimum)

Available exceptions: $6.5 million midlevel, veterans minimum and trade ($2.7 million and $1.7 million)

Over the luxury tax: $560,000

Key dates:

• June 29: The last day for Westbrook to opt in to his $47.4 million contract. Stanley Johnson and Wenyen Gabriel also have a team option.
• Aug. 4: The first day that James is eligible to sign a two-year, $97.1 million extension.

Los Angeles Lakers Projected Depth Chart

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
R. Westbrook	A. Reaves NG	L. James	S. Johnson	A. Davis
K. Nunn	T. Horton-Tucker			W. GabrielT
Other: Max Christie (SG/SF)
T: Team option
NG: Non-guaranteed

Players under contract: 8

Two-way players: 0

Team needs:

• Sacrifice from their veterans
• Youth sprinkled throughout their bench
• Depth at every position

Extension eligible: James (as of Aug. 4) and Westbrook

Free-agent status:

• Russell Westbrook | Player | Bird
• Wayne Ellington | Non-Bird
• Dwight Howard | Non-Bird
• Kent Bazemore | Non-Bird
• Malik Monk | Non-Bird
• Carmelo Anthony | Non-Bird
• D.J. Aug.in | Non-Bird
• Mason Jones | Restricted | Non-Bird
• Mac McClung | Restricted | Non-Bird
• Wenyen Gabriel | Restricted | Team | Non-Bird

Phoenix Suns. 6

Offseason transactions: none

What to watch: The cost of restricted free agent Deandre Ayton.

One of two things will happen this offseason with Ayton and the Suns.

Either the former No. 1 pick will join an exclusive club of centers (Nikola Jokic, Karl-Anthony Towns, Joel Embiid, Rudy Gobert and Bam Adebayo) who are currently on max contracts, or the two sides' failure to reach an agreement on an extension last October will continue.

The offseason now presents the question of whether Phoenix now views Ayton as a $179 million player (or perhaps $138 million with one fewer year) after another strong season. If they do, he will be in a Suns uniform for the foreseeable future.

But what happens if Phoenix uses the threat of restricted free agency and the limited number of teams with available cap space as leverage? Will the Suns tell Ayton to go out and get an offer sheet from another team, with the belief it would get matched?

What else to watch:

• The extensions: Devin Booker, Cameron Johnson and Jae Crowder.
• Does the front office have the authority to spend outside of its own players?

Available exceptions: $6.5 million tax midlevel and veterans minimum

Note: The Suns have the $10.5 million midlevel exception if Ayton does not return

Below the luxury tax: $22 million

Key dates:

• Oct. 17: The last day to extend the contracts of Booker and Johnson.

Phoenix Suns Projected Depth Chart

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
C. Paul	D. Booker	M. Bridges	J. Crowder
C. Payne	L. Shamet	C. Johnson	D. Saric
	T. Craig

Players under contract: 9

Two-way players: 0

Team needs:

• Depth at center
• Insurance policy at point guard to back up Chris Paul
• Backup power forward

Extension eligible: Johnson (rookie), Booker and Crowder

Free-agent status:

• Deandre Ayton | Restricted | Bird
• JaVale McGee | Non-Bird
• Elfrid Payton | Non-Bird
• Aaron Holiday | Bird
• Bismack Biyombo | Non-Bird
• Ish Wainright | Restricted | Non-Bird
• Gabriel Lundberg | Restricted | Non-Bird

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Washington Wizards.7

Offseason transactions: Johnny Davis (first round) and Yannick Nzosas (second round)

What to watch: Bradley Beal

Beal is eligible to sign a five-year, $251 million contract this July. That number drops to four years and $186 million if he joins a different team either via free agency or a possible sign-and-trade deal, something the Wizards would have to agree to. Beal will run into a dead end in free agency because there are no teams with $43.2 million in cap space to sign him outright.

The biggest contract in NBA history certainly would come with risk for both Beal and the Wizards.

From Beal's perspective, securing the most money is the goal, but what happens if this roster does not improve in the offseason and the Wizards are a team just competing for the play-in tournament year after year?

The trend in recent years has been for players to sign now and ask out later, something that would likely happen in Washington if the roster does not improve. That is a problem for another day, and at the very worst, Washington has one of the more appealing trade assets in the NBA if Beal does ask to be traded down the road.

The Wizards were once financially straddled by the supermax extension that John Wall signed and would be signing Beal to an even bigger contract than Wall's. That is the price of doing business in the NBA if you want to keep an All-NBA player on your roster.

What else to watch:

• Finding stability at point guard.
• The group of extensions: Kyle Kuzma, Kristaps Porzingis and Rui Hachimura.

Available exceptions: $10.5 million midlevel, $4.1 million biannual and veterans minimum

Below the luxury tax: $16 million

Note: Includes a new contract for Beal.

Key dates:

• June 28: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's $14 million contract becomes guaranteed.
• July 1: Ish Smith's $4.7 million contract becomes guaranteed if he is not waived.
• Oct. 17: The deadline to extend Rui Hachimura's contract.
• Oct. 31: The last day to exercise the third-year option of Corey Kispert and fourth-year option of Deni Avdija.

Washington Wizards Projected Depth Chart

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
I. SmithNG	B. BealP	D. Avdija	K. Kuzma	K. Porzingis
	K. Caldwell-PopePG	C. Kispert	R. Hachimura	D. Gafford
	J. Davis		I. Todd	V. Carey
Other: Yannick Nzosa (C/PF)
NG: Non-guaranteed
PG: Partial guarantee
P: Player option

Players under contract: 12

Two-way players: 0

Team needs:

• Starting point guard
• Wing to complement Bradley Beal

Extension eligible: Bradley Beal, Rui Hachimura, Kristaps Porzingis, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Vernon Carey Jr. and Kyle Kuzma (as of Sept. 30)

Free-agent status:

• Bradley Beal | Player | Bird
• Thomas Bryant | Bird
• Raul Neto | Early Bird
• Anthony Gill | Restricted | Early Bird
• Cassius Winston | Non-Bird
• Jordan Schakel | Restricted | Non-Bird
• Tomas Satoransky | Non

8. בדראפט של השנה הבאה הראשון שייבחר יהיה 'לברון ג'יימס מספר 2', עם גובה 2.20 מ'

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שלושת הנבחרים הראשונים בדראפט שזה עתה נערך הם ללא ספק שחקנים ראויים שיככבו בליגה שנים רבות. אבל איש מהם לא מגיע לקרסוליים של מה שמגיע בדראפט של השנה הבאה, 2.20 מ' (3'7) פנומן צרפתי בשם ויקטור וומבניאמה (Wembanyama).

שמו יוזכר כל כך הרבה פעמים משך השנה הבאה – ושנים על גבי שנים אח"כ, שחייבים למצוא לו שם כינוי שיתפוס כבר עכשיו.

הפוינט-פורוורד הזה בן ה-18 משחק כדורסל שאין לו אח ודוגמא בכל העולם. גופו הענק והסימטרי להפליא ממשיך להתפתח וליצור את ה-FRAME הדרוש למוטות זרועות של שחקן שזרועותיו האנטומיות 'שייכות' לשחקן בגובה 9'7- 10'7…אני חושש להפוך זאת למטרים וסנטימטרים כי תיכף נגיע ל-2.50 מטרים!.

לחזות בן מכדרר כמו פוינט גארד ומשלשל שלשות ממרחקים של סטפן קרי "DEFIES EVERYTHING THAT WAS EVER SEEN". אלה שראו אותו מהללים את משחק ההתקפה שלו כמובן, אבל משחק ההגנה שלו כ-RIM PROTECTOR הוא מעל היכולת להסביר במילים: הוא מחסל שחקני חוץ העושים פיק-אנד-רול מאחורי הקשת והוא מגיע מעמדתו תחת הסל לחסום את זריקתם בצעד אחד אדיר, ואז זרועו חוסמת כל זריקה הנזרקת בזווית רגילה.

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