One wildly successful offseason can vault an NBA team from lottery status to championship contention. Just ask the Cleveland Cavaliers.
With so much importance riding on those few months of modifications, it's impossible to plot out summer plans too early. It's the Black Friday of the basketball world, and front offices are appropriately lining up for their shot at this free-agent crop's biggest stars.
Some of those targets aren't worth the trouble. Not because they lack ability; rather, it's due to the likelihood they'll start next season in the same place where they finish this one.
LaMarcus Aldridge has already voiced his desire to re-sign with the Portland Trail Blazers, per Joe Freeman of The Oregonian. Reigning NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard left little room for drama when he told USA Today's Sam Amick that "I'm pretty sure I'll be in a [San Antonio] Spurs jersey for my whole life."
Suitors may still kick the tires on both, but the biggest offseason buzz surrounds those seen as more likely flight risks. The 10 players listed here might not all change locales over the summer, but for a number of different reasons—sa ...
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