Some NBA free agents actually are irreplaceable.
We talk about the top available talents a lot, mostly assuming incumbent teams are better off retaining each potential flight risk. That's a fair presumption, but certain squads can survive or rationalize the departures of select household names.
For example, the Atlanta Hawks can justify not handing Al Horford a max deal at his age (30), with Tiago Splitter already on the roster and a rebuild perhaps on the horizon. The Dallas Mavericks don't need to give Chandler Parsons max money just to say they're trying to make the most of Dirk Nowitzki's twilight.
Other teams don't have the luxury of gray areas. They need their top guns back in the fold next season. There is no recovering from their exits anytime soon.
Yes, there will be some "duh" moments involved. But our aim is to narrow down the most desperate situations even further. We sift through every player in the max-contract discussion and then single out the few names who cannot be even slightly replaced by their present squad. Some players are too important to immediate or long-term success. Others have their teams in a uniquely irr ...
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