Free Agent

If the Detroit Pistons want Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to stick around, it’s going to cost them. The 23-year-old swingman will become a restricted free agent this summer if he doesn’t sign an extension before the impending late-October deadline. That extension doesn’t appear to be in the cards, because Caldwell-Pope is believed to be seeking around $20 [...]

The Phoenix Suns made some surprising news on the eve of the NBA season by releasing former 2013 1st round pick Archie Goodwin. [tweet https://twitter.com/AZSports/status/790644823975866368] The 22-year-old combo guard averaged six points, two rebounds and an assist in three seasons in Phoenix and was set to enter restricted free agency this summer as his rookie [...]

According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Cavaliers appear to be very interested in free agent point guard Mario Chalmers. [tweet https://twitter.com/WeAreCavsNation/status/787003633539903488] This makes complete and perfect sense for a number of reasons including the Cavaliers need for another veteran point guard after losing Matthew Dellavedova to the Bucks in free agency and Mo Williams to [...]

Andrew Bogut has been a member of the Dallas Mavericks for, like, a minute, and yet he’s already thinking about staying with them beyond this season. From NBA.com’s Scott Howard-Cooper: Next summer, Bogut will be 32 and a free agent, able to select a championship contender for another run at a ring. Yet his first [...]

Blake Griffin is going to become a free agent next summer. Why wouldn’t he, after all? He can terminate the final year of his deal, which is worth nearly $21.4 million, and hit the open market, amid another salary-cap boom, at the age of 28. It makes too much financial sense for him to test [...]

Paul Millsap’s expected foray into free agency next summer may not actually take place. Though, to be sure, it probably will. Asked about his free-agency plans, around eight months in advance of any decision, the 31-year-old Paul Millsap gave no hint as to whether he’ll decline his $21.5 million player option for the 2017-18 campaign, [...]

As expected the Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry will opt out of the final year of his contract to test the free agent waters next summer. Even though Lowry’s preference would be to remain in Toronto, he knows he will command a heavy price in this market. “I think it should be a situation [...]

Stephen Curry will be a free agent next summer, which, for the purpose of 29 NBA teams, means absolutely nothing. He isn’t leaving the Golden State Warriors. The reigning two-time MVP got ahead of any potential free-agency rumblings on Tuesday, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/780872772654276608] Shocker. Curry has become one of the two best [...]

Serge Ibaka is committed to the Orlando Magic. How committed? Really committed, per Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: The biggest acquisition of the Orlando Magic’s 2016 offseason indicated on Monday that he has no plans to go elsewhere when he becomes an unrestricted free agent in 2017. “I’m looking to stay here to play [...]

Similar to last season, J.R. Smith is looking for an NBA deal well into the Summer. At the conclusion of the 2014-14 season, he opted out of the deal with the Cavs; a move that ultimately cost him about $5 million. He opted out during the 2016 playoffs with the Cavs again, but that was [...]