The internal struggle of NBA free agency is real—or will be once the calendar flips to July. Come summer, a top-heavy class will have to battle with impulses that can lead players in competing directions.
Some will follow their hearts, be it to their ancestral roots, back to the teams with which they've thrived in the past or toward reunions with friends and former running mates. Others will go with their heads to situations where their on-court aspirations, individual and otherwise, will be best served.
Many more will take the money and run—or, in plenty of cases, stay, since incumbent teams can offer the most. NBA careers are short, so it makes sense that players would wring out the largest paydays possible before they retire in their mid-to-late 30s.
This year's class could feature overlap between hearts, heads and wallets among the top free agents. Here's a look at which way the biggest unrestricted free agents may lean in the summer of 2016.
*Restricted free agents are excluded, since their fates are ultimately decided by their current franchises.
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Heart, Head and Wallet Destinations for NBA’s Top 2016 Free Agents
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