The Utah Jazz have assembled an intriguing core featuring All-Stars in their twenties, lottery talents, and fast-improving young guys. To give that group a real shot at being relevant right away, they'll have the opportunity this summer to bring more help.

Assuming their teenagers yield positive value and that the Jazz can retain Walker Kessler in restricted free agency, their front six is impressive. They've got talent beyond that group, but it's unclear who exactly is ready for the role of "seventh best player on a playoff team." Isaiah Collier and Cody Williams are still negative EPM players. Kyle Filipowski is a net positive, such stats say, but his primary position is power forward, where the Jazz have two All-Stars. Brice Sensabaugh still mostly impacts the game as a ball-in-hands scorer.

Svi Mykhailiuk and John Konchar are veterans under contract, but neither has been a high-minute guy on a winning team. The former has topped 800 season minutes just three times in his career, and never for a winning team. The latter topped out as Memphis' tenth man.

And regardless, Utah is not going to go into next year's playoffs with only one rotation player having postseason experience[fn]Jaren Jackson Jr., 27 playoff games with Memphis.[/fn].

Utah's primary tool to add a rotation-level difference maker will be the mid-level exception. The biggest version of the MLE will be about $15M this year. Using it would hard-cap the Jazz at $209 million, but I would guess the Jazz aren't likely to go over the $200 million tax threshold anyway. So when evaluating the list of potential free agents from a Jazz perspective, the question is really how they can add another rotation-caliber player in that price range. They also may add one or more players on veteran minimum deals. (They can also bring back their own free agents, should they choose, without dipping into those exceptions.)

Of course, signing a rotation-caliber vet would by definition push some other guys down the depth chart, but that's how it goes when a team graduates from being development-focused to a more competitive phase. Adding a dude who raises the bar for young guys to get minutes isn't a bad thing. They will either meet that higher bar, or if they don't the Jazz will feel fortunate that they weren't over-relying on that.

The Jazz can also now complete trades where they bring someone into their MLE, and we'll present those options in a subsequent article.

With all that in mind, here is my annual brief commentary on every single free agent who finished the prior year under contract. I'll update this a few times each day as players come off the board.

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Last updated 6/26 at 12:12 a.m. MDT.

Remaining free agents

Sorted by descending EPM wins added, UFA/RFA/PO/ETO only. NG/TO will be added as applicable upon entering free agency.

Jalen Duren (RFA)

• 10.3 wins added, coming off rookie scale contract. 
• Quick analysis: Duren rode 20-and-11 stats to his first All-Star appearance, but then struggled in the playoffs, with as many single-digit scoring nights against Orlando and Cleveland as double-figure ones. Now he’s in a similar position to Kessler as a restricted free agent.

James Harden (PO)

• 9.4 wins added, $42.3M player option
• Quick analysis: He’ll be 37 before next season starts, and all indications are he’s staying put in Ohio.

LeBron James

• 5.6 wins added, coming off $52.6M
• Quick analysis: The 22-time All-Star is reportedly willing to take a huge pay cut to help a competitive team but… I just can’t see it.

Sandro Mamukelashvili

• 5.9 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: “Mamu” played a big role off the bench for Toronto this season, and if the Jazz don’t retain Jusuf Nurkic for backup center minutes, they could do a lot worse.

Norm Powell

• 5.4 wins added, coming off $20.5M
• Quick analysis: By making the All-Star team in year 11, Powell became just the third second-round selection since 2013 to climb to that status. The Bucks will have a hard time bringing him back after dealing for Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Tobias Harris

• 4.9 wins added, coming off $26.6M
• Quick analysis: The Jazz have two All-Stars at Harris’ position, and that’s without scrutinizing his rough end to the playoffs.

Marcus Smart (PO)

• 4.9 wins added, $5.4M player option
• Quick analysis: Smart would give Utah an additional ball handler as well as a second DPOY winner on their roster. He’s 32, and obviously has connections to the Ainge-era Celtics.

Andrew Wiggins (PO)

• 4.8 wins added, $30.2M player option
• Quick analysis: The 31-year-old has been a consistent double-digit scorer throughout his career, but has never been a particularly efficient one. Plus, it’s unlikely he opts out of $30.2M anyway.

Javonte Green

• 4.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: His best years were with Chicago, but he was an 8th or 9th man for top-seeded Detroit this year, adding spot shooting and wing defense.

Nikola Vucevic

• 4.1 wins added, coming off $21.5M
• Quick analysis: The two-time All-Star had a pretty limited role in Boston after arriving via trade, and with his 36th birthday approaching, he is clearly in the “role player” phase of his career.

Harrison Barnes

• 3.8 wins added, coming off $19M
• Quick analysis: Remember when the Warriors owed the Jazz a top-7 protected pick and tanked like crazy in the final weeks of the season to move their pick into the protected range, and then selected Barnes? And got fined $0? Anyway, Barnes has been a great mentor to a rising Spurs team.

Mitchell Robinson

• 3.6 wins added, coming off $13.0M
• Quick analysis: Robinson could be a useful backup center, although New York will be plenty motivated to keep him coming off their Finals run.

Peyton Watson (RFA)

• 3.3 wins added, coming off rookie scale
• Quick analysis: The buzz out of Denver is that the Nuggets will do what it takes to keep their ascendant wing, who nearly doubled his scoring average while shooting 41% from outside.

Tari Eason (RFA)

• 3.3 wins added, coming off rookie scale
• Quick analysis: Eason just had a rough shooting season, but is a defensive disruptor with legit size. The question is whether there would be enough of a role for him in Utah to justify paying him what it would take to dissuade Houston from matching..

DeAndre Ayton (PO)

• 3.3 wins added, $8.1M player option
• Quick analysis: Fun fact about Ayton… he has had a double-double in exactly 50% of his career regular season games. He piles up big-time stats and just had a career-best .676 true shooting season. He also gets maligned for weird lapses of effort.

Collin Sexton

• 3.2 wins added, coming off $19.0M
• Quick analysis: If you’re a proponent of bringing in White or Dosumnu for more bench creation, you have to at least consider a reunion with Sexton, the same type of sparkplug guard. I don’t think it’s particularly likely given that the Jazz already moved off of him once, but maybe in a super defined role...

Kristaps Porzingis

• 3.2 wins added, coming off $30.7M
• Quick analysis: If someone throws a prohibitive amount to Kessler, there are crazier ideas than pivoting to the original Unicorn, except that the Jazz really couldn’t exceed $15M in salary, while GSW – who just acquired him – can.

Quentin Grimes

• 3.2 wins added, coming off $8.7M
• Quick analysis: Grimes is one of this writer’s favorite targets if he could actually be had for the MLE. Why? He can do stuff with the ball, but he doesn’t NEED the ball. He can fill it up when featured but also has experience being a 6th/7th man type. Plus defender at his best. Smart connector type of offense. Good complement to Utah’s six core guys.

Bones Hyland

• 3.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He’s only ever really been a 10-20 mpg third or fourth rotation guard, but the Jazz have George, Collier and now Peterson, so probably only a Jazz fit if he’s ready for a break-glass-in-emergency type of role.

Robert Williams III

• 3.1 wins added, coming off $13.3M
• Quick analysis: An all-defense guy before all the injuries, he’s now playing less. That said, the Ainges were part of the Boston brain trust that drafted and developed him in the first place.

Tim Hardaway Jr.

• 3.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: THJ was a 6MOY finalist, thanks in large part to career-best outside shooting.

Gary Payton II.

• 3.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: At 33, “Young Glove’s” defense has fallen off some, and he’s never been a real table-setter or a super reliable shooter.

John Collins

• 3.0 wins added, coming off $26.6M
• Quick analysis: Tough to find minutes for a Collins reunion; even in his more complementary role in LA he played over 27 mpg, and I’m not sure Utah can find those minutes for him with Markkanen, Jackson and most likely Kessler still on the roster.

Russell Westbrook

• 3.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He’s been an on-paper Jazzman twice and in neither case did he ever even board a plane bound for SLC.

Precious Achiuwa

• 3.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The Jazz almost certainly will sign a backup center, although Achiuwa’s rim defense figure is in the Nurkic range, without providing Nurkic’s passing and vision.

Kevin Huerter

• 2.9 wins added, coming off $18.0M
• Quick analysis: Huerter would certainly help the Jazz’s shooting quotient, but doesn’t lift them from a creation standpoint or on defense.

Dean Wade

• 2.7 wins added, coming off $6.6M
• Quick analysis: Not all that different from the Kyle Filipowski prototype, except that Flip is a better passer. Wade has more big-game experience, including now 32 playoff games.

Jose Alvarado (PO)

• 2.7 wins added, $4.5M player option
• Quick analysis: The high-energy guard backs up All-NBA Jalen Brunson, which limits his minutes, but he has had some big moments in NYK’s title run.

Anfernee Simons

• 2.6 wins added, coming off $27.7M
• Quick analysis: SCH’s Mark Pereira has singled him out as an MLE target, to help with on-ball creation. His ‘23-24 peak was kind of similar to the season Keyonte George just had: 23-4-6 counting stats and some All-Star chatter. Now, he’s back to being thought of as a mid-efficiency bench gunner.

Simone Fontecchio

• 2.6 wins added, coming off $8.3M
• Quick analysis: Tech’s success in his Jazz stint yielded the pick that became Filipowski, but is he good enough to supplant Sensabaugh, Williams and Mykhailiuk as backup SF options? To say nothing of potential Ace Bailey minutes there.

Kelly Oubre Jr.

• 2.6 wins added, coming off $8.4M
• Quick analysis: He has carved out a nice role with Philly but neither his shooting (32.7% career 3pt) nor his defense (consistently negative DBPM, D-EPM) really fit the 3-and-D moniker.

Jock Landale

• 2.5 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The Jazz passed on adding Landale at the trade deadline, and he doesn’t sound like the world’s biggest Utah fan at present.

Josh Okogie

• 2.5 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He’s a solid wing defender, but three different teams have now discovered that it’s hard to play him in the playoffs.

Quinten Post

• 2.4 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Post isn’t really a shot blocker, but his overall rim defense stats are better than average, and he intermittently makes threes.

De’Anthony Melton

• 2.3 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Melton is still youngish (28) despite being an 8-year vet, and he spent time with JJJ in Memphis, where he was a 6MOY candidate. He had an off shooting year after coming back from injury, but generally is a reliable bench guard.

Landry Shamet

• 2.2 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: A playoff hero for the Knicks, Shamet is an A- shooter who seems to always find his way into 7th/8th man roles despite never averaging double digits for a season.

Jusuf Nurkic

• 2.2 wins added, coming off $19.4M
• Quick analysis: Bringing Nurkic back is a real possibility, but only if he’ll take a steep discount off of his 2025-26 price. A defensive anchor he’s not, but the Jazz figured out how to unlock some of his creativity and vision.

Luke Kennard

• 2.0 wins added, coming off $11M
• Quick analysis: His career 3-point shooting figure (44.2%) is no joke, he’s the type of shooter opposing defenses have to track every single second. In fact, he’s led the league’s qualified 3-point shooters three times now.

Marvin Bagley III

• 1.8 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Don’t know exactly where that 46.2% outside shooting season suddenly came from (he was good with both the Wiz and Mavs). I could actually picture the Jazz doing something like this for backup C minutes if Nurk’s demands are too high; a bench big whose stock is kind of low but who adds real stuff.

Draymond Green (PO)

• 1.8 wins added, $27.7M player option
• Quick analysis: Steve Kerr’s return to the GSW bench makes it extremely likely that Green simply picks up this option.

Rui Hachimura

• 1.7 wins added, coming off $18.3M
• Quick analysis: Hachimura has become one of the NBA’s best spot shooters, and someone the Lakers probably have to try to keep, especially with LeBron’s future unclear.

Jaxson Hayes

• 1.7 wins added, coming off $3.4M
• Quick analysis: Here’s another traditional big man option if the Jazz need a backup center: decent interior defense, almost no passing, handling or shooting.

Zach LaVine (PO)

• 1.7 wins added, $49.0M player option
• Quick analysis: LaVine’s people have to know there’s no way he’s sniffing $49M on the open market, so consider this option exercised.

Brandon Williams

• 1.6 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He put up numbers this season for Dallas, but he’s a tiny guard who doesn’t shoot.

Bennedict Mathurin (RFA)

• 1.6 wins added, coming off rookie scale
• Quick analysis: Mathurin is a mid-efficiency, high-volume bench scorer, but Indy will be able to match offers.

Andre Drummond

• 1.6 wins added, coming off $5.0M
• Quick analysis: Drummond is still a rebounding machine, but his interior defense has regressed a ton.

Thomas Bryant

• 1.5 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He can be decently disruptive, but at 6’9” he’s pretty small at center when you share a conference with beasts like Victor Wembanyama and Nikola Jokic.

Matisse Thybulle

• 1.5 wins added, coming off $11.6M
• Quick analysis: Thybulle’s outside shooting has improved, but the injuries have cost him some defensive mobility.

Dwight Powell

• 1.3 wins added, coming off $4M
• Quick analysis: It would be weird to see him anywhere other than Dallas (although he did play five games for the Ainge-era Celtics first).

Spencer Jones

• 1.2 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Jones made his way into Denver’s rotation this year, mostly offering corner shooting.

Keon Ellis

• 1.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The defense-minded guard finally got out of Sacramento, where he rarely found consistent minutes.

Jaylen Clark

• 1.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Two years as Minnesota’s 10th or 11th man hasn’t given us a huge indicator of what he is.

Jordan Clarkson

• 1.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: It’s not an exaggeration to call him a Jazz legend at this point, and yet it feels like it’s OK to leave the JC-Jazz story where it is.

Aaron Holiday

• 0.8 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He’s small but tough, and his outside shot is really reliable for a low-minute bench guard.

Ariel Hukporti

• 0.8 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: An occasional energy guy off New York’s bench, he has really only seen garbage minutes in the playoffs.

Mo Wagner

• 0.7 wins added, coming off $5M
• Quick analysis: Orlando likely has some changes coming that could render the high-level bench big gettable.

Mike Conley Jr.

• 0.7 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He’ll be 39 before the season starts, and at this point he’s pretty limited.

AJ Lawson

• 0.5 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The Toronto native played well enough on a 2-way to have his deal converted, but only has 1,131 total minutes in four NBA seasons.

Walker Kessler (RFA)

• 0.5 wins added, coming off rookie scale
• Quick analysis: The win math is obviously deflated by his injury, but Jazz fans know what Kessler is – starting with his 52% rim defense since entering the league.

Zach Collins

• 0.4 wins added, coming off $18.1M
• Quick analysis: This small center appeared in just 10 games this year, but had good stats when he played.

Guerschon Yabusele

• 0.4 wins added, coming off $5.5M
• Quick analysis: His second NBA stint has looked more solid than the first: 8.3 points on 59% true shooting compared to 2.3 on 55% for the Ainge-era Celtics.

Keshad Johnson (RFA)

• 0.4 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: An undrafted project who was mostly out of Miami’s rotation, and if they like him they can make him an RFA.

Taurean Prince (PO)

• 0.4 wins added, $3.8M player option
• Quick analysis: Injured for most of the year, Prince came back and averaged a dozen points on 44% outside shooting in his last 15 games.

Jett Howard

• 0.4 wins added, rookie scale option declined
• Quick analysis: Orlando decided to forego his fourth-year option, which isn’t a great sign.

Jabari Walker

• 0.4 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: His production as a low-minute bench big for Philly was similar to his three years in Portland.

Kevin Love

• 0.4 wins added, coming off $4.2M
• Quick analysis: Love made the Jazz offense 6.8 points better per 100 non-garbage possessions, and made the defense 3.8 points worse – but if they bring him back, it’s probably just as much for locker room reasons.

Kelly Olynyk

• 0.3 wins added, coming off $13.4M
• Quick analysis: The Jazz alum has played a pretty small role for the Spurs this year, and has played even less in the playoffs.

Khris Middleton

• 0.3 wins added, coming off $33.3M
• Quick analysis: He’s still putting up decent role player stats, but will turn 35 in August.

DeAndre Jordan

• 0.3 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: There were just 199 minutes available for Jordan in his 17th NBA season.

Seth Curry

• 0.2 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Injuries kept him off the floor for most of the season – just 10 games played.

Amir Coffey

• 0.2 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The career Clipper finally left LA and averaged 3.2 points in time with the Bucks and Suns.

Haywood Highsmith

• 0.2 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Highsmith was salary-dumped, then waived, then signed with Phoenix where he played seven games.

Doug McDermott

• 0.2 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: McBuckets does one thing super well, and that one thing (41% 3-point shooting) has led to a 12-year career.

Gabe Vincent

• 0.1 wins added, coming off $11.5M
• Quick analysis: After being included in the Kennard trade, Vincent mostly backed up CJ McCollum for 13-15 minutes a night.

Keaton Wallace (RFA)

• 0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The older brother of Thunder starter Cason Wallace, Keaton has struggled to find consistent minutes.

Tony Bradley

• 0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Bradley is still hanging on eight years after the Jazz moved up to draft him.

Pat Spencer (RFA)

• 0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Spencer finally cracked the rotation for the Warriors, who hold matching rights if they want them.

Charles Bassey

• 0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: In five NBA seasons, Bassey has never played more than 508 minutes.

Kobe Brown

• 0.1 wins added, rookie scale option declined
• Quick analysis: Brown was a late first-rounder, and finally got a chance to play real minutes after getting traded to Indiana.

Jeremy Sochan

• 0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: After becoming the odd man out in San Antonio, Sochan signed with New York but averaged just 6.9 minutes.

Jevon Carter

• 0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The diminutive veteran turned 30 and then got traded to his sixth team.

Mason Plumlee

• 0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Plumlee had career lows this season, both before and after the Hornets traded him to SA.

Jeff Green

• 0.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Speaking of journeymen, Houston is Green’s 11th stop in the NBA, and technically 12th if you count Seattle and OKC as very different environs (I do).

Thanasis Antetokounmpo

• 0.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Is this Antetokounmpo also bound for South Beach?

Joe Ingles

• 0.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The Jazz fan favorite reportedly already has a deal in place to finish his playing career back in Oz.

Kyle Anderson

• 0.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: I wouldn’t say Anderson’s time with the Jazz went great – and neither would he.

Lindy Waters III

• 0.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He has 51% true shooting since leaving OKC.

Bradley Beal (PO)

• 0.0 wins added, $5.6M player option
• Quick analysis: A fractured hip ended his season after six games.

Garrett Temple

• 0.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He’s 40 and coming off less than a point per game… this might be it.

Ochai Agbaji (RFA)

• -0.1 wins added, coming off rookie scale
• Quick analysis: The Jazz absolutely loved “Och” as a person, but decided he profiled as a smaller 3-and-D guy who is just an OK shooter… and that’s basically what he has been since.

Xavier Tillman

• -0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Tillman’s minutes and stats have been heading the wrong direction.

Larry Nance Jr.

• -0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Career lows this year for Nance in minutes, points, rebounds, FG% and more.

Jordan McLaughlin

• -0.1 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Here’s another longtime bench vet whose minutes are tapering down.

Jae’Sean Tate

• -0.2 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Once a starter for the Rockets, this PF-in-a-SG’s-body is now playing and producing less than ever.

Maxi Kleber

• -0.2 wins added, coming off $11M
• Quick analysis: He’s had four straight seasons abbreviated by injury, but when he plays he’s a floor-spacing big who can guard a few different positions.

Kyle Lowry

• -0.2 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: After 19 seasons, it might be close to the end for 6-time All-Star and 2019 champ.

Blake Wesley

• -0.3 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He was a first-round pick, but didn’t really grab hold of a rotation role, and in fact had his 4th year option declined before signing on the cheap with Portland.

Bismack Biyombo

• -0.3 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The minutes have continued to dwindle for this erstwhile rim protector.

Drew Eubanks

• -0.4 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: A low minute backup who could help if if the Jazz need another deep bench big, but he won’t change your world, especially on offense.

Anthony Gill

• -0.4 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: The career Wizard just had his best season for minutes (17.3) and scoring (5.8).

Gary Harris (PO)

• -0.5 wins added, $3.8M player option
• Quick analysis: There was a point in time when Harris offered so much of what the Jazz needed off their bench. Now he barely gets off the bench for a Milwaukee team that theoretically really needs that same stuff.

Jalen Wilson (RFA)

• -0.9 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: He’s done OK for a second rounder, earning a real role for the Nets.

Bruce Brown

• -0.9 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: Getting Brown back was supposed to be huge for the Nuggets, but the 3-years-later version is just doing a little bit less on both ends.

Gary Trent Jr. (PO)

• -0.9 wins added, $3.9M player option
• Quick analysis: Trent is somehow still just 27, and despite not playing much this year (again, why?!?! The Bucks actually needed stuff he provides!) he’s a good shooter and can credibly guard 1s and 2s.

Tyus Jones

• -1.0 wins added, coming off minimum contract
• Quick analysis: I like Jones OK if the Jazz just want an NBA grown-up to be their third point guard, but man, he had a pretty rough season with three different teams.

Ousmane Dieng (RFA)

• -1.0 wins added, coming off rookie scale
• Quick analysis: Dieng got decent minutes as a stretch five after being traded to the Bucks, but overall is a sign that not everything OKC touches turns to absolute gold.

Nick Richards

• -1.5 wins added, coming off $5M
• Quick analysis: Richards doesn’t win the “Worst by EPM wins” crown (that’s Bub Carrington), but he is the worst of the 2026 free agents in that metric.

Fred VanVleet (PO)

• Did not play, $25M player option
• Quick analysis: Coming off a year-long injury, taking that $25M feels like a much safer bet while he reestablishes his value.

In addition to those listed above, there are nine players who had plus-value EPM but didn’t finish the season on an NBA roster:

• Vince Williams Jr. (1.0)
• Lonzo Ball (0.5)
• Jaden Ivey (0.4)
• Cam Payne (0.3)
• Duop Reath (0.2)
• Caleb Houstan (0.1)
• Tyrese Martin (0.1)
• Malaki Branham (0.1)
• Eric Gordon (0.1)

Other players who were under contract at some point during the season, but did not finish the year under contract: Trevon Scott, Drew Peterson, Luke Travers, Miles Kelly, Bobi Klintman, Omer Yurtseven, Cody Martin, James Wiseman, Garrison Matthews, Monte Morris, Adama Bal, Tyler Burton, Dariq Whitehead, DeJon Jarreau, Lucas Williamson, DaQuan Jeffries, Kennedy Chandler, Andersson Garcia, Chris Boucher, Alondes Williams, Kadary Richmond, Hunter Tyson, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Kobe Bufkin, Javonte Cooke, Nigel Hayes-Davis, Cam Thomas, Cole Anthony, Jacob Toppin, Malik Williams, N'Faly Dante, Chris Livingston, Colby Jones, Dario Saric, Jackson Rowe, Kevon Harris, Toby Okani, Georges Niang, Terry Rozier (pending legal drama), Jules Bernard, Jaden Springer, Buddy Boeheim, Orlando Robinson, Stanley Umude, Mo Bamba, Dante Exum

Players who finished the season on a 2-way contract (RFAs if their teams tender them a QO): Olivier Sarr (2.2), Brandon Carlson (0.7), Ethan Thompson (0.5), Chaney Johnson (0.4), Elijah Harkless (0.4), Oscar Tshiebwe (0.4), Tyson Etienne (0.3), Daeqwon Plowden (0.3), Drew Timme (0.2), Marjon Beauchamp (0.2), Kobe Brea (0.2), Chris Youngblood (0.2), Antonio Reeves (0.1), Yuki Kawamura (0.1), Curtis Jones (0.1), Nate Williams (0.1), Jalen Slawson (0.1), Nick Smith Jr. (0.1), Trey Alexander (0.1), David Jones Garcia (0.1), Lachlan Olbrich (0.0), Mac McClung (0.0), Moussa Cisse (0.0), David Roddy (0.0), Wendell Moore Jr. (0.0), TyTyWashington Jr. (0.0), Johnny Juzang (0.0), Josh Oduro (0.0), Kevin McCullar Jr. (0.0), Patrick Baldwin Jr. (0.0), Julian Reese (0.0), E.J. Liddell (-0.1), Isaiah Crawford (-0.1), Trey Jemison (-0.1), Alijah Martin (-0.1), Christian Koloko (-0.2), Isaiah Livers (-0.2), Caleb Love (-0.3), Brooks Barnhizer (-0.5), Rayan Rupert (-2.1), Tosan Evbuomwan, Enrique Freeman, Dillon Jones, Colin Castleton

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Off the board

Collin Gillespie

• 8.5 wins added - new 4/$48M deal with Phoenix
• Quick analysis: GIllespie came out of nowhere, from 686 total minutes over three NBA seasons to arguably becoming the Suns’ second most important player. 

Austin Reaves

• 7.3 wins added - opted out of $14.9M to sign new 4-year, $185M deal with LAL
• Quick analysis: Reaves will certainly opt out and cash in on a near All-Star level season, and the Jazz have had interest in the past. However, now that they spent their cap room up front with the JJJ trade, it’s unlikely they’ll be able to offer Reaves his market rate.

CJ McCollum

• 6.3 wins added, new 1-year, $21M extension with Atl
• Quick analysis: McCollum had a big impact on the Hawks’ turnaround under former Jazz coach Quin Snyder. But the Jazz probably have enough guards to not go after a 35-year-old (by the time the season starts).

Jordan Goodwin

• 4.8 wins added - new 3/$19M deal with Phoenix
• Quick analysis: This was the first season Goodwin had a major role on a good team, and he played winning minutes for the Suns. He’s small for a combo guard, but solidified himself as a rotational piece.

Ayo Dosunmu

• 4.0 wins added - signed 5/$112M deal to stay with Minny
• Quick analysis: This is one of our guy Zarin Ficklin’s favorite MLE targets, and it makes sense given Utah’s relative dearth of ball handling creators. Minnesota, though, appears intent to keep him, after clearing room under the tax with the Julius Randle trade.

Kevin Porter Jr.

• 3.9 wins added, exercised $5.4M player option
• Quick analysis: Probably not a target for the Jazz, for umm reasons, but got to give KPJ credit for a nice turnaround year amid Milwaukee’s mess: 17-5-7 counting stats and his most efficient season ever.

Coby White

• 3.6 wins added - staying in Cha for 3/$74M
• Quick analysis: Role-wise, White reminds me a bit of former Jazz guard Collin Sexton, which is ironic since the two were traded for each other in February.

Mark Williams (RFA)

• 3.2 wins added, stayed in Phx for 3/$38M
• Quick analysis: The Suns traded two firsts to get him, and then got a “lite” version of Charlotte-era Williams, at least by raw stats. Still, they likely match reasonable offers for the center, who was originally picked seven spots ahead of Kessler.

Al Horford (PO)

• 1.6 wins added - declined $6.0M PO to sign 2/$14M with GSW
• Quick analysis: The Ainges brought him to Boston – twice! – but he just turned 40, so I’m not sure I see the fit.

Trae Young

• 1.4 wins added, declined $49.0M option to take 4/$212M from Washington
• Quick analysis: Young declined his player option, either because he and the Wiz have an idea on a framework for a new deal or because he thinks he has big money out there somewhere in the market.

D’Angelo Russell (PO)

• 0.5 wins added, $6.0M player option exercised
• Quick analysis: He’s been described by multiple people as a tough teammate, but it’s moot anyway as he picked up the player option..

Mohamed Diawara (RFA)

• 0.4 wins added - Multi-year deal with NYK for $10M+
• Quick analysis: Mostly just played spot duty for the Knicks.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (PO)

• 0.3 wins added, $21.6M player option exercised
• Quick analysis: KCP indeed picked up the player option, which is the smart thing given that he’s coming off 11-year lows at age 33.

Jericho Sims (PO)

• -1.0 wins added, Opted into $2.8M
• Quick analysis: It’s hard to be a modern 5 who neither spaces the floor nor protects the rim.

Chucky Hepburn - Signed 2-way qualifying offer to return to Toronto

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