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2016 NBA free agency: Where everyone gets paid and little else changes

Free agency is great for the free agents, but will the balance of power in the NBA actually change much? Not really, unless Kevin Durant goes elsewhere.

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A wild NBA free agency period is fast approaching, so we surveyed the landscape and made some predictions. Among the topics discussed:

  • Kevin Durant should probably just return to Oklahoma City, right?
  • Why the Wizards are in a very dangerous spot after Durant snubbed them.
  • Rapid-fire thoughts on some of the league’s more interesting free agents, including Hassan Whiteside, Chandler Parsons, Dwight Howard and many more.
  • Why the 76ers (and other teams that aren’t in glamour markets) should pursue restricted free agents.
  • The weird new (temporary) reality where role players will make more money than stars because of the cap jump.

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