List NBA 2026 Free Agents was selected quite thin. Only one player is a restricted free agent center Jalen Durenwho took 1st place — remains unsigned on our list Top 50 free agents for the 2026/27 season. Duren is also the only restricted free agent left this offseason.
have “still a gap” in Detroit’s contract negotiations with Duren, who is coming off an All-NBA regular season but has since had a disappointing postseason performance. The Pistons are reportedly offering a five-year contract worth around $35 million per year, while Duren is asking for more than $40 million on his new deal.
Besides Duren, there are a few useful role players on the market, but not many places on the list are available around the league, so these players are likely looking for minimum salary deals that may or may not have guaranteed money.
I’m a little surprised that Bruce Brown haven’t found a new command yet. The 6-foot-4 guard/forward played in all 82 regular season games for Denver in 2025/26, averaging 7.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals on .475/.385/.762 shooting.
A former second-round pick who has spent the last eight years in the NBA, Brown is just 30 years old and brings some versatility on both ends of the court, though his defense has waned a bit since he helped the Nuggets win the title three years ago.
Brown was associated with Lakers and Nix in recent weeks and is reportedly expected to be a “playoff-caliber team.”
New York, which won its first championship in 53 years in June, did too said to be staring at the big man Drew Eubanks and John Kanchar while the team continues to evaluate how to fill back-end roster spots. Kanchar was is mentioned as possible Thermal target too.
It was announced Friday that the former No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons had agreed for one year at minimum wage with kings. Assume that Simmons signs a standard contract rather than a contract Exhibition 9 training camp agreement, adding him to the roster would put Sacramento within about $2.9 million of the luxury tax line with 14 players under contract. The team will still have room to add a 15th man without resorting to the tax.
what is it worth Cameron Payne, Viktor Oladipa and Elfrid Peyton among other veterans who were connected to the Kings.
At this point, the Cavaliers do not project to have enough cap space under the first apron hard cap to add a 15th man to their standard preseason roster. But there is a team connected to a former gentleman Kevin Lovewhich appears open to reunion with the Timberwolves too.
Kelly Olynyk, Nikolay Batum, Dwight Powell, Bismack Biyombo and Jeff Green are among the longtime veterans who remain unsigned, with recent first-round picks e.g. Cam Whitmore, Broken black and Blake Wesley among the young players still on the open market.