NBA free agency is a strange months-long span of the offseason that gives rise to bizarre, unanswerable word problems.
Example: Atlanta Hawks forward DeMarre Carroll made $2.5 million dollars during a breakout campaign that culminated with him gutting out a conference finals series on one leg—a series that required him to guard LeBron James, the greatest basketball-playing human known to, well, humans. Which team should Carroll sign with now that he's a free agent, and for how much?
Please show your work.
Where do you even start with a scenario like that?
The status quo, of course.
Atlanta Hawks
Sticking with the Hawks makes the most sense for Carroll, though staying put could cost him some cash. There are desperate teams out there that might be willing to overpay for the 28-year-old just to make a splash, and so much of what has made the Hawks great over the last couple of seasons has been their aversion to exactly that kind of overspending.
Then again, all that financial prudence has put Atlanta in a position where splurging on Carroll ...
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Potential Landing Spots for DeMarre Caroll in 2015 NBA Free Agency
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