#Time in phoenix ax free#

Kristaps Porziņģis, C, Washington ($36,016,200): Washington’s recent management transition likely complicates what would have been an easy decision for Porziņģis, because he may have lost some leverage.

However, Middleton opting out is quite important to the Bucks getting his $40 million to a lower number is one of the key ways for them to skirt the Draconian restrictions the Bucks would face from exceeding the second luxury-tax apron in the incoming CBA.īecause of that factor, an amateur game theorist would surmise that the Bucks and Middleton reach some kind of accommodation that allows him to opt out and re-up for a lower annual salary and a longer term. His metrics from last season suggest he’s not worth anywhere near $40 million a year, and no reasonable person would start his next contract in that range. Khris Middleton, SF, Milwaukee ($40,396,552): Based on pure metrics, Middleton should opt in. Here are the relevant option years for this June in declining order dollar amounts are in parentheses.

#Time in phoenix ax free#

Here are the players with team options, player options and partial or non-guarantees for more than the minimum with trigger dates: Group 1: player options (22)Ī so-called “player option” gives a player the power to decline the final year of his deal and instead become a free agent. So, first things first: Let’s figure out and predict which players will play out their option years or extend their deals before the buzzer, and which ones will see their contracts terminated and become free agents. That last category, I will note, does not include the myriad fungible swarms on non-guaranteed minimum deals.

Those consist of three categories: player options, team options and non-guaranteed, non-minimum deals with a trigger date in June or July. It’s not really useful to speculate about what might happen during the July 1 ( *winks*) signing frenzy until we know who will be on the market.Īs it turns out, roughly one-seventh of the league - 60 players! - still have some kind of decision left before we know for sure whether they’re free agents. Do you know what other thing you need before you can have free agency? Actual free agents.