As the NBA roster building season continues, teams are still grappling with how to handle the unprecedented salary cap jumps due to occur over the next several years. The free agency dynamic will receive most of the attention in this regard, as big salary changes are also going to change how teams value current contracts.
Subsequently, we might see more interest surrounding players who wouldn't have been on the block if the cap had remained stagnant. While superstars will always generate the most incessant buzz, it's the helpful mid-tier players who could eventually turn into favorable values, thus providing savvy teams an opportunity to steal building blocks for future contention.
Surveying the league landscape roughly two weeks before the draft, here's the latest buzz on some of the biggest names on the market this offseason.
Bucks Thinking Big
The Milwaukee Bucks have made noise on the trade market in recent days, dealing away Ersan Ilyasova and the $16.2 million remaining on his deal in exchange for the cap-friendly deals of Caron Butler and Shawne Williams. ...
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