NBA Free Agency Tracker: July 5th Update

NBA Free Agency was relatively slow the day after Kevin Durant made his shocking’Decision’ with only 7 players agreeing to terms.

The following list represents the other free agents (and significant trade) who came off the board July 5th:

The main benefactor (outside of Golden State) was the Dallas Mavericks who were reeling prior with every recruitment they made falling on deaf ears.

Suddenly 2 of Golden States starting 5 were available and Dallas swooped in to grab them both:

First Andrew Bogut was traded to Dallas to make cap space room for the Durant signing, then the original offer the Mavericks made for Harrison Barnes (4-years, $95M) was made official given the Warriors had replace Barnes with KD. Quite a significant turn of events for the Mavs!

Dallas followed up their new success with 2 more moves on Day 5 by doing the expected by coming to terms with lifer Dirk Nowitzki in a 2-year, $40M deal. In addition they added Seth Curry on a 2-year $6M deal.

And just like I called for the rich got richer as David West continues his ring chasing, this time joining the Warriors for the veteran minimum contract of 1 year at $1.3M. With so much money invested in the Warriors Big 4 and two bench hold overs (Iguodala and Livingston) expect more of the same, i.e. veteran minimum signings and stand-out summer league players as Golden State endeavor to fill up their roster.

Bryan Colangelo continues to add veterans to the 76ers roster in an effort to help build the youthful roster. His newest addition is Gerald Henderson who agreed to a 2-year, $18M deal as he exits Portland.

And the Knicks continue to be arguably the busiest summer team with 2 additional signings of players from the Spanish League. First they added Willy Hernangomez (older brother of Juan who was drafted by Denver 15th this summer) and then added Mindaugas Kuzminskas.

Terms on the deals were not disclosed, but will likely be reasonable and the Knicks will probably use exception rules to fulfill them.

Finally the Wizards who have been active in the past few days added Jason Smith on a 3-year, $16M deal.

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As for the Houston Rockets following their 2 free agent signings Saturday to add free agents Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon, both formerly of the Pelicans they remained idle.

Morey will be viewing the remaining free agent list which I’ve updated via the full NBA Team by Team Free Agency Report with these new deals. You can view that here:

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Key players remaining

Thought the list grows shorter, especially of top talent, the following is a list of some free agent the Rockets will be mulling over:

LeBron James remains the only super star on the board expected to resign now that Dirk Nowitzki has come to terms. Wade may be the other, but given his recent activity it appears unlikely.

Top talent remaining:

Dwyane Wade
J.R. Smith
Dion Waiters
Manu Ginobili

Next tier:

David Lee
Nene Hilario
Derrick Williams
Kris Humphries
Alan Anderson
Jordan Hill
Leandro Barbosa
James Johnson
Gerald Green
Brandon Rush
Marcus Thornton

Lower Tier:

Ty Lawson
Anderson Varejao
Jason Thompson
Greivis Vasquez
JJ Hickson
Troy Daniels
Willie Reed
Tim Frazier
Langston Galloway
Markel Brown
Eric Moreland
Marcelo Huertas
Bryce Cotton
Jorge Gutierrez
Jeff Ayres
Henry Sims
Dorell Wright
Jared Sullinger
Tony Wroten
Ryan Kelly
Lou Amundson
Ronnie Price
PJ Hairston
Tyler Hansbrough
Donald Sloan
James Anderson
Quincy Acy
Robert Sacre
Dewayne Dedmon

Youthful Tier:

Norris Cole
Meyers Leonard
Tyler Zeller
Terrence Jones
Donatas Motiejunas
Festus Ezeli
Shane Larkin
Ian Clark
Isaiah Canaan
Cleanthony Early
James Michael McAdoo
Boban Marjanovic
Miles Plumlee
Thomas Robinson

Vets Tier:

Kevin Martin

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Maurice Harkless

Brian Roberts

Kevin Seraphin

Josh Smith

Chris Kaman

Chase Budinger

Chris Andersen

Raymond Felton

Marreese Speights

Steve Novak

Randy Foye

Luis Scola

Kirk Hinrich

Pablo Prigioni

Jordan Farmar

Mike Miller

Udonis Haslem

Nazr Mohammed

Steve Blake

Kendrick Perkins

Andre Miller

Jason Terry

Metta World Peace

Tayshaun Prince

Charlie Villanueva

Matt Bonner

Amar’e Stoudemire

Richard Jefferson

James Jones

David West

Sasha Vujacic

Aaron Brooks

Elton Brand

SCS will update as free agency news develops. For now if you’re a fan who wants to follow free agency closely consider checking out my Free Agency Profiles for all 30 teams:

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And early free agent signings:

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NBA Free Agency Tracker: July 5th Update – Rockets Idle

By Tamberlyn Richardson | Jul 7, 2016

NBA Free Agency was relatively slow the day after Kevin Durant made his shocking’Decision’ with only 7 players agreeing to terms.

Key players remaining

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