A summer of spending is on the horizon, but that doesn't mean the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and fellow big-market contemporaries need to dominate the headlines.
There are plenty of other franchises locked and loaded with dough to spend when July rolls around, and their ability to shake up the open market shouldn't be overlooked.
So for the purposes of this exercise, we'll be putting presumed prime-time players like the Knicks, Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs on the back burner.
In order to whittle the number of qualified teams down, projected cap figures for next season were examined to determine which franchises will have a workable amount of financial flexibility based on their number of impending free agents and the projected cap figures for the 2015-16 season.
According to DraftExpress' Jonathan Givony, next year's cap number is estimated to sit around $67.1 million, while the tax line will reside at approximately $81.6 million.
Keeping those criteria in mind, here's a preview of under-the-radar buyers to watch.
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