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Adding Depth: Valuable Free Agents Still On Market

Nick Crain | 11/28/22

  Adding Depth: Valuable Free Agents Still On Market   We’ve reached a point in the season in which several teams are needing to shake things up. The trade deadline will spark deals closer to February, but a few organizations will need to find ways to improve their rosters marginally before making a bigger splash later in the season. Furthermore, even the teams that are playing well to this point are looking to add depth and potential injury insurance.  Regardless of the situation, the teams around the league looking to improve now are in luck. There’s still quite a few highly impactful free agents on the market that could potentially be added to rosters in the right scenario.  The players still unsigned on the market would likely be playing on minimum deals. Depending on the years of service for each player, the value of that contract does vary slightly. Regardless, that figure will fall somewhere between roughly one and three million dollars for a minimum.  Leveraging the ProFitX Athledex, we can quickly identify which free agents are the most valuable based on their production last season. This provides easy insight into which of these players could net a positive return on investment if they were signed to a minimum deal.    Guards To ensure the second unit runs smoothly, backup guard play has never been more important than it is today. Especially in the playoffs, having an experienced guard with your reserves can be the difference.    Avery Bradley  2021-22 Performance Value: $7.45 million Kemba Walker 2021-22 Performance Value: $7.29 million Lou Williams 2021-22 Performance Value: $6.34 million Elfrid Payton 2021-22 Performance Value: $3.75 million Kris Dunn 2021-22 Performance Value: $3.95 million   Wing Perimeter production is key, meaning wings have a tendency to have a major impact on the game. As it relates to current free agents, this is probably the strongest positional group.    Carmelo Anthony 2021-22 Performance Value: $16.04 million Jeremy Lamb  2021-22 Performance Value: $8.11 million David Nwaba  2021-22 Performance Value: $5.30 million Josh Jackson 2021-22 Performance Value: $5.05 million Mo Harkless  2021-22 Performance Value: $4.13 million   Bigs In the modern NBA, traditional centers don’t provide as much value as they have historically. With that in mind, every team needs a quality big off the bench for injury insurance and rebounding with the second unit.    Hassan Whiteside 2021-22 Performance Value: $11.83 million Derrick Favors 2021-22 Performance Value: $4.88 million Cody Zeller 2021-22 Performance Value: $3.12 million Paul Millsap 2021-22 Performance Value: $3.03 million Willie Cauley-Stein 2021-22 Performance Value: $1.6 million

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