Who’s Left? Tracking Every 2024 Free Agent

Who will the Jazz pursue in free agency?

A new NBA player movement wrinkle is forcing us to hasten our yearly tradition of setting the free agency field, because impactful players are already starting to fly off the board.

Starting this offseason, teams can negotiate with their own free agents as soon as the Finals are over. Pascal Siakam and Malik Monk took advantage already, agreeing to new 4-year pacts with their current teams. (Teams can negotiate with other team’s free agents starting at 6 p.m. EDT on June 30.)

What that essentially means is that free agency is (sort of) open. So here’s Salt City Hoops’ annual list of every single free agent (or player who can become a free agent of his own accord), along with a sentence of brief analysis on macro value or Jazz fit. We’ll update this throughout the first several weeks of free agency, so bookmark this page so you can see what’s left as the summer rolls along.

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Last updated 8/14 at 10:01 a.m. MDT.

LeBron James – 2/$104M (or slightly less) with a PO to stay in LA

• 15.2 EPM wins added, Declined $51.4 million PO
• Jazz fit? He has now officially opted out, but the buzz is that he’s expected back in L.A., especially after the hire of his podcasting buddy, JJ Redick.

Paul George – Agreed to 4/$212M (with a PO) with Philadelphia

• 14.8 wins, $48.8 million PO declined
• Jazz fit? He has officially opted out, and he’s still good enough at 34 that you can’t discard the possibility entirely, but expect cap space teams like the Sixers to be all over him on Sunday evening.

Tyrese Maxey – 4/$204M deal with Philadelphia

• 11.8 wins, RFA, $4.3M last year
• Jazz fit? The first-time All-Star and newly minted Most Improved Player winner is sure to have any contract offer matched by the Sixers.

Isaiah Hartenstein – 3/$87M with OKC

• 9.9 wins, UFA, $9.2M last year
• Jazz fit? Hartenstein is an advanced stats darling and a rebound magnet, and the Knicks may struggle to keep him after trading for Mikal Bridges and committing to OG Anunoby.

James Harden – 2/$70M deal to stay in LAC

• 9.4 wins, UFA, $35.7M last year
• Jazz fit? It was his lowest-scoring season since he left OKC a dozen years ago, and mostly this just isn’t a great spiritual fit.

Pascal Siakam – Committed to 4/$190M deal to stay in Indiana

• 9.2 wins, UFA, $37.9M last year
• Jazz fit? Now 30, Siakam is a two-time All-NBA player who plays both sides of the floor and theoretically fits nicely next to Lauri Markkanen… but it’s moot now as he was the first signing leaked.

DeMar DeRozan – 3/$74-76M S&T deal with Sacramento

• 9.0 wins, UFA, $28.6M last year
• Jazz fit? You can have some fun debates here about the stylistic fit, but to me it’s moot because Danny Ainge already said the Jazz aren’t looking for “dinosaurs,” and DeRozan is about to be 35.

D’Angelo Russell – Opted in

• 7.7 wins, $18.7M PO exercised
• Jazz fit? He’s coming off his best outside shooting season, but the Jazz already feel pretty flush with 6’4″-and-under guards.

OG Anunoby – Agreed to a 5/$212.5M deal to stay in New York

• 7.1 wins, Declined $19.9M PO
• Jazz fit? The early word out of New York is that their trade for Mikal Bridges won’t preclude them from bringing back Anunoby, a 26-year-old who would be a great fit on close to 30 teams.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – 3/$66M (including a PO) with Orlando

• 6.0 wins, Declined $15.4M PO
• Jazz fit? At some point when the Jazz are ready to compete, they’ll be looking for their version of an elite role player like KCP, who has helped two championship squads.

Klay Thompson – 3/$50M S&T to Dallas

• 5.8 wins, UFA, $43.2M last year
• Jazz fit? Klay still very much has it on random nights, but at 34, one wonders if the “dinosaur” clause rules him out, although it sounds like he’s expected to leave the Bay Area.

Tobias Harris – 2/$26M deal with Detroit

• 5.3 wins, UFA, $39.3M
• Jazz fit? He’s often maligned for the things he’s not, but Harris has averaged 17+ for seven straight seasons and will likely be cheaper than some younger versions of his prototype (he’s 32 in July).

Obi Toppin – staying in Indiana for 4/$60M

• 4.9 wins, RFA, $6.8M last year
• Jazz fit? The smart play for Indy is to match offers for Toppin (who has piqued the Jazz’s interested previously) even if just as an asset play… but it’s worth noting that Siakam’s deal gives them less room to work under the tax.

Immanuel Quickley – 5/$175M deal to remain in Toronto

• 4.9 wins, RFA, $4.2M last year
• Jazz fit? Another restricted guy whose team likely should hang on, plus in Quickley’s case the small shooting guard thing comes back into play — although he played more like a lead ball handler type in Toronto after the trade.

Spencer Dinwiddie – 1-year deal with Dallas

• 4.5 wins, UFA, $1.5M last year
• Jazz fit? He’s 31, which isn’t ancient, but his stats have declined some as he’s bounced around since the bubble (five teams in four seasons).

Miles Bridges – 3/$75M to stay in Charlotte

• 4.4 wins, UFA, $7.9M last year
• Jazz fit? If you believe in second chances, this could be a buy-low play on a talented 26-year-old; if you believe Bridges’ past is simply a dealbreaker, then this would be… not that.

Mo Wagner – 2/$22M deal to stay in Orlando after TO decline

• 4.3 wins, UFA, Declined $8M TO
• Jazz fit? A high-energy backup center, Wagner hits free agency after a declined TO, but Orlando hopes to retain him.

Buddy Hield – S&T to Golden State for 3/$21M

• 4.2 wins, UFA, $19.8M last year
• Jazz fit? Hield is a little duplicative of a player type the Jazz have been swimming in lately — 6’4″ and under two guards who are mostly focused on scoring — but he’s a 40% career outside shooter.

Chris Paul – Signing with SA for 1 year, $11 million

• 3.9 wins, UFA, waived off $30M non-guaranteed
• Jazz fit? The veteran guard is officially now available as Golden State appears to be doing a mini reset.

Paul Reed – Claimed off waivers by Detroit

• 3.9 wins, UFA, waived of $7.7M non-gtd
• Jazz fit? The Jazz liked him enough last summer to sign him to that offer sheet, but the feeling might not be mutual; Reed openly expressed his delight that the offer sheet was matched so he could get his money without leaving Philly.

Gary Trent Jr. – 1-year deal with Milwaukee

• 3.8 wins, UFA, $18.6M last year
• Jazz fit? Trent finally hits free agency after being perpetually in trade rumors. He’s still just 25, and even though he’s known primary as a catch-and-shoot threat, he has had stretches in his career where he has looked like a plus defender.

Isaac Okoro

• 3.7 wins, RFA, $8.9M last year
• Jazz fit? Okoro’s calling card is his defense, but whether you can play him in a playoff context really boils down to this: he shot 31.5% from deep in his first two seasons, 37.8% in the latter two… and 25.7% (yikes) in this year’s playoffs.

Kevin Love – 2/$8M deal to return to the Heat

• 3.7 wins, $4.0M PO declined
• Jazz fit? He’ll be 36 before the season starts and his stats are declining, and Miami hopes to re-sign him at the minimum anyway.

Simone Fontecchio – 2/$16M deal to stay in Detroit

• 3.7 wins, RFA, $3.0M last year
• Jazz fit? The Jazz really liked Tech (Will Hardy raved about the Italian at every opportunity), but understood that he could be headed for a raise that would make a dent in their cap sheet during what could prove a pivotal summer.

Malik Beasley – 1/$6M+ in Detroit

• 3.7 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? We must be in the “transitory wings of the Jazz rebuild” section, but the Athletic’s Kelly Iko says Beasley is more likely to land in Houston, Orlando or Golden State.

Jonas Valanciunas – 3/$30M deal with Washington

• 3.5 wins, UFA, $15.4M last year
• Jazz fit? Sounds like Valanciunas’ Pelicans phase is over, but he only makes sense as a Jazz target if Utah is OK getting older and has other ideas for Walker Kessler.

Kyle Lowry – 1-year deal to return to Philly

• 3.5 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? The 38-year-old probably counts as one of the “dinosaurs” Ainge said Utah wouldn’t be pursuing.

Kris Dunn – 1-year deal to stay with LAC

• 3.5 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Despite some expected regression, Dunn is still shooting 39.5% from three as a Jazzman, and you have to think keeping him around for bench insurance is at least a possibility.

Kelly Oubre Jr. – 2/$16.3M (w/ PO) to stay with Philly

• 3.5 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s a shooting specliast who doesn’t shoot great — 32.7% career from outside — and reports say Philly hopes to bring him back anyway.

Nic Claxton – agreed to 4/$100M deal to stay in Brooklyn

• 3.4 wins, UFA, $9.6M last year
• Jazz fit? A switchable big, Claxton was considered pretty intriguing when the Nets were garnering more attention, but he’s been a bit forgotten after stars KD and Kyrie moved on from Kings County… despite advanced stats that remain solid.

Derrick Jones Jr. – 3/$30M deal with LAC

• 3.4 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? In order to keep him with no Bird or Early Bird rights, Dallas will need to use the MLE — which they now can do after offloading salary in the Tim Hardaway Jr. trade.

Jalen Smith – 3/$27M with Chicago

• 3.4 wins, $5.4M PO
• Jazz fit? A declined team option short circuited Smith’s rookie contract, which is why this former lottery pick is now potentially available at the ripe young age of 24, despite having just put together his best season.

Russell Westbrook – opted in, waived, signed

• 3.4 wins, $4.0M PO exercised
• Jazz fit? Twice a Jazzman… on paper, at least.

De’Anthony Melton – 1/$12.8M with GSW

• 3.2 wins, UFA, $8.0M last year
• Jazz fit? Melton was sneaky important to the Sixers, as evidenced by the fact that they were 25-13 when he played. He’s also just 26 and can play a position of need for Utah (he’s a hybrid guard), but he’s small so they’d have to think through different backcourt combinations.

Andre Drummond – 2/$10M deal with Philadelphia

• 3.1 wins, UFA, $3.4M last year
• Jazz fit? It legit seems weird that Drummond is still just 30, but it’s hard to picture this one.

Dennis Smith Jr.

• 3.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? It’s a tough time to make a living as a non-outside shooting point guard, and DSJ is sub-30 from range in his career.

Tyus Jones – 1-year minimum deal with Phoenix

• 2.9 wins, UFA, $14M last year
• Jazz fit? Jones probably doesn’t change the Jazz’s reality, but for what it’s worth: his 7.3 assists per game last season are more than any Jazz player has averaged since Deron Williams, with the exception of Mike Conley’s partial last season in Utah.

Malik Monk – Agreed to stay in Sacramento on a 4/$78M deal

• 2.9 wins, UFA, $9.9M last year
• Jazz fit? Another smallish shooting guard, but Monk isn’t afraid to do some dirty work, which is why he constantly drew praise from Mike Brown. It just might be early for Utah to go hunting for a solid 4th-or-5th-best-guy-on-a-playoff-team type guy.

Goga Bitadze – 3/$25M to stay with Orlando

• 2.9 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Advanced stats liked what he did in his second Orlando season, but he’s still never topped 1,000 minutes in a season, so at maximum this is an other under-the-radar backup center signing if the Jazz don’t keep Omer Yurtseven.

Royce O’Neale – resigning with Phoenix for 4/$44M

• 2.8 wins, UFA, $9.5M last year
• Jazz fit? Given how few ways the Suns will have to add players in the new financial landscape, one would have to imagine that keeping Royce should be pretty important to them.

Naji Marshall – 3/$27M deal with Dallas

• 2.8 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? As a general rule, 6’7″ defensive wings are interesting, and more so if you think Naji’s 38.7% outside shooting might hold up.

Saddiq Bey – 3/$20M deal with Washington

• 2.6 wins, UFA, $4.6M last year
• Jazz fit? Bey is sort of the inverse of that: his shooting fell to 31% last season, and then he tore his ACL. He’s no longer restricted, so this could be an interesting value bet for somebody.

Isaiah Joe – Stays in OKC for 4/$48M

• 2.4 wins, UFA, Minimum TO declined
• Jazz fit? OKC declined the TO so they could give the sharpshooter a new contract, but he’s now unrestricted.

Aaron Wiggins – Stays in OKC for 5/$47M

• 2.4 wins, RFA, Minimum TO declined
• Jazz fit? Like Joe above, the Thunder declined his option so they could work out a new deal with the young wing.

Nicolas Batum – 2-year $9.6M to go back to LAC

• 2.3 wins, UFA, $11.7M last year
• Jazz fit? Batum had a nice little revival in the latter part of the season after getting traded to Philly, but he’s heading toward his 36th birthday.

Kyle Anderson – 3/$27M S&T to GSW

• 2.2 wins, UFA, $9.2M last year
• Jazz fit? Slo Mo is heady and unconventional in a sort of fun way, but as with a lot of these solid role player types, it just doesn’t feel like this is the time for Utah to go out and spend on improving the 5th/6th/7th man spots.

Eric Gordon – 1-yr minimum deal with Philadelphia

• 2.2 wins, Declined $3.4M PO
• Jazz fit? This former Jazz killer (he gave them 50 after Kobe Bryant passed away tragically) is almost 36.

Dario Saric – 2/$10.6M deal with Denver

• 2.0 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? The former lottery pick is averaging just 15.7 minutes since returning from an ACL injury.

Caleb Martin – 4/$40M with bonuses, Philadelphia

• 1.8 wins, $7.1M PO declined
• Jazz fit? Martin has been good in high-minute reserve roles since arriving in Miami, but had big enough playoff games (like a 19-ppg series against Boston in the 2023 conference finals) which is why he opted out and will have a strong market.

Patrick Williams – 5/$90M deal to stay in Chicago

• 1.8 wins, RFA, $9.8M last year
• Jazz fit? Williams has essentially been the same player for all four years he’s been in the league, but it’s still a valuable prototype: a 6’7″ guy who is capable of playing good defense and who has never had a sub-39% season from three.

Luke Kornet – 1-yr deal to return to Boston

• 1.6 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He has never topped 17 minutes per game, and he’s just an OK rebounder at 7’2″.

Jordan McLaughlin – 1-year deal with Sacramento

• 1.6 wins, UFA, $2.3M last year
• Jazz fit? He’s small, and his minutes, points and assists have declined steadily since he’s been in the league.

Luke Kennard – 1-year $11M deal to stay in Memphis

• 1.6 wins, UFA, $14M TO declined
• Jazz fit? Memphis is trying to maximize exceptions but intends to work out a new deal with sharpshooting Kennard.

Lonnie Walker IV

• 1.6 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s just had his two most efficient seasons (by TS%), but he’s still a medium-efficiency 6’4″ scoring guard, and that’s a fairly replaceable archetype.

Gary Payton II – opted in

• 1.5 wins, $9.1M PO
• Jazz fit? GP2’s defense and spot shooting really helped a championship squad two years ago, but that was also the only time in his career he played more than 44 games in a season.

Patrick Beverley – going overseas to sign with Hapoel Tel Aviv

• 1.5 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s now two years older than he was when the Jazz decided he didn’t fit their rebuilding squad.

Precious Achiuwa – 1-year $6M deal to stay in NYK

• 1.4 wins, UFA, $4.4M last year
• Jazz fit? He’s bouncy and long, if a bit undersized as a center; no qualifying offer from New York.

Aaron Holiday – 5/$10M with Houston

• 1.4 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? The brother of Jrue and Justin has been quietly solid as a low-minute backup — albeit for five teams in five years.

Xavier Tillman – Returning to Bos on a 2-yr deal

• 1.4 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Another low-minute reserve here who has been good enough in per-minute production to look good on advanced stats.

Josh Okogie – Staying in Phoenix for 2/$16M

• 1.3 wins, $3.0M PO
• Jazz fit? Okogie didn’t play a ton for the Suns before the trade deadline — just 17.7 minutes — and then they acquired Royce O’Neale for that role and his role dipped to 10.3 mpg afterwards.

Gary Harris – 2/$15M deal to stay in Orlando

• 1.2 wins, UFA, $13M last year
• Jazz fit? Jalen Suggs’ rapid emergence pushed Harris to the margins some, but at his peak he was a sharpshooter who had decent defensive chops at 6’4″.

Alec Burks – 1-year deal (minimum?) with Miami

• 1.2 wins, UFA, $13M last year
• Jazz fit? If you want to feel old, ponder the reality that the former Jazz guard is entering season 14.

Haywood Highsmith – 2/$11M deal to stay in Miami

• 1.2 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? With regular minutes, we finally started to get a feel for what Highsmith could do: like 39.6% 3-point shooting.

Robert Covington

• 1.0 wins, UFA, $11.7M last year
• Jazz fit? Once the consummate 3-and-D prototype, RoCo played just 29 games this season beween L.A. and Philly, and had more fouls (49) than made buckets (40).

Neemias Queta (1.0 wins) – Boston declined option, then agreed to “multi-year” deal

Bol Bol – returning to Phx on a 1-year deal

• 1.0 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s perhaps the most random generator of what-just-happened level highlights, but most of the time he just looks a little lost.

Jae Crowder

• 0.9 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s days away from 34 so probably not an awesome fit from a timeline perspective, even though he endeared himself to Jazz fans with a personality perhaps best described as, um, ALL CAPS.

Cameron Payne – 1-year deal with NYK

• 0.9 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? His odd-looking outside shot has gone in 39% of the time over the past five seasons, which is partially why he’s been pretty serviceable as a primary backup at guard.

Taurean Prince – 1-year deal with Milwaukee

• 0.9 wins, UFA, $4.5M last year
• Jazz fit? The Lakers’ ORtg with Prince on the floor was the best of any of their regulars, which is kind of counterintuitive since he’s never posted a positive offensive box plus/minus in his career.

Joe Ingles – 1-year deal with Minnesota

• 0.9 wins, UFA, $11M team option declined
• Jazz fit? Beloved former Jazzman Ingles was always likely to hit free agency because of that team option amount, but word is Orlando might try to keep him at a lower number.

Tristan Thompson

• 0.8 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Thompson’s 28.8% free-throw shooting last year looks like a typo. It’s the lowest percentage by a player with at least 40 attempts in 10 seasons, and the fifth lowest in, like, ever.

Justin Holiday

• 0.8 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Holiday has played for literally a third of the league’s teams… which is wild because it’s not like he’s been an end-of-bench guy for the most part: he has started more than 43% of his games played and averaged double figures in four seasons.

Talen Horton-Tucker

• 0.8 wins, UFA, $11.0M last year
• Jazz fit? THT posted DNPs in 31 of the last 54 games of the season, which would seem to indicate he might not figure into the Jazz’s long term plans.

Reggie Jackson – signing with Philadelphia after clearing waivers

• 0.8 wins, UFA, waived off of $5.25M after PO picked up
• Jazz fit? Jackson hits the market late and with a lot of rotation-level guards already sitting around waiting for work.

Delon Wright – 1-year minimum with Milwaukee

• 0.7 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? A few years ago, I argued that Wright could meet some Jazz needs as a solid shooter and plus defender. He probably still could, but as a placeholder bench combo guard if they move on from some of their small guards.

Mo Bamba – 1-year deal w/ LAC

• 0.6 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Fun (unless you’re a Magic fan) fact: Bamba was the #6 pick in 2018, and the next five picks included Wendell Carter Jr., Collin Sexton, Mikal Bridges and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. 

Sandro Mamukelashvili – 1-year deal to stay in SAS

• 0.6 wins, RFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Sandro hung around longer than a lot of 54th picks do, but his minutes and shooting are heading in the wrong direction.

Svi Mykhailiuk – 4/$15M deal with the Jazz

• 0.5 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? It’s six teams in three years for Svi, and he’s had a hard time staying in rotations.

Alex Len – 1-yr deal to return to Sacramento

• 0.5 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Len just posted his best shooting season, but his third lowest year for minutes per game.

Trendon Watford – 1-year (signed QO) with Brooklyn

• 0.5 wins, RFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? 6-foot-9 wings are always interesting, especially with rim finishing (70%) and 3-point shoting (39%) like his.

Daniel Theis – 1-year deal with New Orleans

• 0.4 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s small for a center and his shooting has been really up-and-down, but he’s a good rebounder.

Monte Morris – 1/Min with Phx

• 0.3 wins, UFA, $9.8M last year
• Jazz fit? He didn’t help Minnesota as much as the Wolves hoped, playing just 67 total playoff minutes, but the diminutive guard can shoot.

Mason Plumlee – 1-year minimum deal with Phoenix

• 0.3 wins, UFA, $5M last year
• Jazz fit? It was a career-low year in points and minutes for Plumlee, and at 34 I’m not sure he makes sense for Utah anyway.

Chimezie Metu

• 0.3 wins, UFA, $2.8M TO declined
• Jazz fit? Metu is a non-shooting big who also doesn’t block a ton of shots, and he suddenly hit the market with a declined TO.

Lamar Stevens

• 0.3 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? A partial season in Memphis was good for Stevens’ stats since they needed, uh, somebody to play. But ultimately he’s a tweener forward with a shaky shot.

Sasha Vezenkov – Signed with Olympiacos

• 0.3 wins, UFA, Agreed to 100% buyout of $6.6M salary
• Jazz fit? Vezenkov gave up the entirety of his salary so he could head back overseas.

Landry Shamet

• 0.2 wins, UFA, Waived off $11M NG
• Jazz fit? Shamet is a solid outside shooter who is somehow still just 27 despite being a veteran of five teams. He hits free agency as Washington needed to clear room.

Gordon Hayward – Retired

• 0.2 wins, UFA, $33.3M last year
• Jazz fit? I don’t buy that Hayward is just fully washed, but his efficiency has never bounced back to where it was in his lone All-Star season in Utah.

Dominick Barlow – 2-way deal with Atl

• 0.2 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s made three threes in 828 total NBA minutes, which isn’t a great sign for a modern wing (who didn’t get a QO).

Thomas Bryant – 1-year deal to stay in Miami

• 0.2 wins, Declined minimum PO
• Jazz fit? Turns out Bryant, a useful center who has missed significant time in recent seasons, had a player option and declined it to enter free agency.

Luka Garza – 2-year deal to stay in Minnesota

• 0.2 wins, RFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Garza has blocked nine NBA shots… ever. That said, he saw a little more action as injuries mounted in Minny, and his per-36 numbers are pretty gaudy for someone whose raw stats were that “meh.”

Kenneth Lofton Jr.

• 0.2 wins, UFA, Waived off partially guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? The Jazz moved on from Lofton after a Summer League in which he showed both his tools and his blinders — but they could give him another look later when they conduct their other business using cap space.

Torrey Craig – opted in

• 0.1 wins, $2.8M PO exercised
• Jazz fit? Craig was a 33% outside shooter for his first five seasons, and then randomly leapt to 39% in each of the past two. But again, it doesn’t feel like the Jazz want mid-30s role players to be their primary haul this summer.

JaVale McGee

• 0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? I’m running out of things to say about the late-30s crowd.

Garrett Temple – 1-year deal to stay in Toronto

• 0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? At 38, Temple’s run might be close to the end after playing for an astounding 12 NBA teams.

Bismack Biyombo

• 0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? There’s no denying the defensive instincts of the nearly-32 Biyombo, but he hasn’t made a shot outside 15 feet in five seasons.

Danilo Gallinari

• 0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Gallo’s also approaching his 36th birthday, and had an uneven year after missing 2022-23 with an ACL tear.

Thaddeus Young

• 0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? At the risk of sounding repetitive: 36, career low 13.3 minutes, career low 4.2 points. Just not the type of bet Utah is making right now.

Javonte Green

• 0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He played his best ball (small sample size) after coming back to Chicago as a late-season signing, but he’s probably not regarded as a needle-mover at this point.

Oshae Brissett

• 0.1 wins, Declined $2.5M PO
• Jazz fit? The athletic wing is a newly minted champion, but he didn’t play much and will decline his player option to look for a bigger role elsewhere.

Cam Reddish – opted in 

• 0.0 wins, $2.5M PO exercised
• Jazz fit? The former lotto pick (still under 25!) didn’t really help the Lakers like they hoped, and has never really found his shot at the NBA level.

Wesley Matthews

• 0.0 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’ll turn 38 before the season starts, and has looked his age a little too frequently in recent seasons.

Stanley Umude – 2-way deal with Milwaukee

• 0.0 wins, UFA, $2.1M TO declined
• Jazz fit? Just 309 career NBA minutes for Umude, whose team option was declined by Detroit.

Tristan Vukcevic – Agreed to 2-way deal with Washington

• 0.0 wins, UFA, $2.4M TO declined
• Jazz fit? The 7-footer has seen pretty scant minutes (153 total), but his per-minute rebound and block numbers were solid in those brief opportunities.

TJ Warren

• 0.0 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? A reliable scorer at 15.5 career up until his foot injury, Warren has averaged just 6.7 since then, and didn’t retain his spot in Minnesota’s rotation after a late signing.

Jeff Dowtin – 2-way deal with Philadelphia

• 0.0 wins, Minimum salary TO declined
• Jazz fit? It was his best season on a per-minute basis, but we’re also talking about fewer than 150 minutes.

Orlando Robinson – 1-year deal with Sacramento

• 0.0 wins, UFA, waived off partially guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? The 7-footer has a solid per-minute rebound rate and made a few threes last year, but there’s not a ton else to say about these guys who get waived off non-guaranteed contracts after a few hundred NBA minutes.

Charles Bassey – 1-year deal to stay in SAS

• 0.0 wins, UFA, waived off non-guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? Bassey spent part of his second season kind of hanging around the fringes of San Antonio’s rotation, but was an afterthought in 2023-24 and then got waived during the Spurs’ cap gymnastics.

Devonte’ Graham – 1-year deal with Portland

• 0.0 wins, UFA, waived off $12.6M contract ($2.85M guaranteed)
• Jazz fit? Word is Graham will join the free agent ranks after his trade from San Antonio to Charlotte.

Darius Bazley

• 0.0 wins, UFA, Waived off partially guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? The Jazz waived Bazley before his $400K guarantee kicked in, even though his size and defense was encouraging in brief action.

Richaun Holmes – Agreed to re-sign for 2/$26M

• -0.1 wins, UFA, $12.0M last year
• Jazz fit? Just 555 total minutes for Holmes this past season, but surprisingly, he was still an OK paint protector (58% opponent FG% at the rim) despite blocking just 19 shots.

Damian Jones

• -0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? The Jazz moved on from Jones after just 19 games on a brief stint last season.

DeAndre Jordan – going back to Denver on a 1-year minimum

• -0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? This will sound repetitive, but he’ll be 36 in July and just posted career low in minutes and scoring per game.

Boban Marjanovic

• -0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? There are few more lovable figures in the the NBA than “Bobi,” but once again: he’ll blow out 36 candles before the season starts.

Cody Zeller – $3M guaranteed contract (S&T) with Atlanta in Murray trade

• -0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Zeller remains a really solid per-minute rebounder, despite barely seeing the court for New Orleans and averaging just 1.8 points.

Patty Mills – 1-year minimum deal with the Jazz

• -0.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Making it 15 seasons after being drafted 55th is a major accomplishment, but it sure feels like the Aussie guard is winding down.

Matt Ryan

• -0.1 wins, RFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s something of an unconscious shooter at 6’6″, which means if he could play even passable defense, somebody would give him a long look.

Seth Curry – 1-year deal to remain in Charlotte

• -0.1 wins, waived off non-guaranteed $4M
• Jazz fit? Charlotte may still bring him back after dodging his guarantee trigger, but a small guard at almost 34 probably isn’t what Utah is most focused on anyway.

Markelle Fultz

• -0.2 wins, UFA, $17M last year
• Jazz fit? It’s not that often that a former #1 overall pick hits unrestricted free agency while still just 26 years old, but Orlando shifting more of the load to its younger guard made it unlikely he’d extend there.

Jaxson Hayes – opted in

• -0.2 wins, $2.5M PO exercised
• Jazz fit? He’s made just three of his last 37 threes, which isn’t a huge deal breaker for a 7-footer on its own, except that Hayes doesn’t really protect the paint, either.

Moses Brown

• -0.2 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Brown knows what he is: he has done work for six teams in five seasons, and in that span has taken a grand total of two shots outside 15 feet.

Kessler Edwards – agreed to 2-way deal with Dallas

• -0.2 wins, RFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? It’s hard to know what’s real with these guys who play so sporadically, but he did just have a 20-for-52 (38.5%) season from three, which is at least interesting in a 6’8″ guy.

Taj Gibson – 1-year minimum with Charlotte

• -0.2 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? The Brooklynite turns 39 this month.

Keita Bates-Diop – Exercised PO

• -0.3 wins, $2.7M PO
• Jazz fit? He’s never really had a major rotation role outside of one Spurs season, and Brooklyn barely used him at all after getting him in the Royce deal.

Davis Bertans

• -0.3 wins, $16M ETO
• Jazz fit? That last contract was a little silly for a guy whose whole job description is basically “shoot it,” but man, he can shoot it.

Drew Eubanks – 2/$10M deal with Utah

• -0.3 wins, $2.7M PO declined
• Jazz fit? He’s a good rebounder, is close to automatic around the rim, and he’s not afraid to mix it up with anybody.

Thanasis Antetokounmpo

• -0.3 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? For five seasons in Milwaukee, he has mostly been the guy who tries fun stuff at the end of blowouts.

Anthony Gill

• -0.3 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He debuted late in the NBA, which means he’ll turn 32 before he plays his 1,800th minute.

Kenyon Martin Jr. – Stays in Philly for 2/$16M

• -0.3 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? KJ is a physical wing who was a lot more interesting before his outside shot cratered to 31% over the past two seasons — but he’s still just 23.

Lester Quinones

• -0.3 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He was a fringe rotation player for the Warriors (and didn’t get a QO to make him restricted), but he has a pretty clean stroke from outside.

Davis Bertans

• -0.3 wins, UFA, Waived off partially guaranteed $18M contract ($5.25M guar)
• Jazz fit? Bertans does one thing really, really well: he’s a knockdown shooter. But he’s pretty much been a fringe rotation guy his entire career.

Aleksej Pokusevski

• -0.3 wins, UFA, Waived off non-guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? Poku got waived as part of Charlotte’s cap gymnastics on Saturday.

Bruno Fernando

• -0.3 wins, UFA, Waived off non-guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? Atlanta needed to drop a contract, and cutting the non-guaranteed Fernando would get them under the tax.

Jordan Nwora

• -0.4 wins, UFA, $3.2M last year
• Jazz fit? Nwora’s size (6’8″) made him an interesting prospect, especially when he was canning over 39% of his outside shots. This past season he couldn’t really replicate that as he split the year between Indy and Toronto.

Josh Richardson – opted in

• -0.4 wins, Picked up $3.1M PO
• Jazz fit? Once the apple of some Jazz fans’ eyes, Richardson is nearly 31 now but still plays pretty good perimeter defense and scores enough to contribute.

Evan Fournier

• -0.4 wins, UFA, $19M TO declined
• Jazz fit? In perhaps the most predictable move of the offseason, Detroit declined a $19M TO.

Kira Lewis Jr.

• -0.5 wins, UFA, $5.7M last year
• Jazz fit? The Jazz indeed didn’t issue the $7.7M qualifying offer because they would have run the risk of Lewis accepting the offer.

Bryce McGowens – Agreed to 2-way deal w/ Portland

• -0.5 wins, UFA, Waived off non-guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? The 6-foot-7 shooting guard hasn’t really found consistent success in the NBA, but was a recent early second rounder.

Cedi Osman

• -0.6 wins, UFA, $6.7M last year
• Jazz fit? The Macedonian just had his most efficient year yet but also played the fewest minutes since his rookie year.

Javon Freeman-Liberty

• -0.6 wins, UFA, waived off non-guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? The big guard’s shooting woes made him a cap casualty when he had another guarantee trigger approaching in late July.

Doug McDermott

• -0.7 wins, UFA, $13.8M last year
• Jazz fit? The Jazz could certainly use more shooting, but McBuckets probably doesn’t do enough of the other stuff to really intrigue them, especially at 32.

PJ Tucker – Picked up his player option

• -0.7 wins, $11.5M PO
• Jazz fit? Now 39 and getting only spot duty, it’s kind of wild to think that not that long ago he was legitimately limiting KD in the playoffs.

Chuma Okeke – Agreed to deal with NYK

• -0.7 wins, UFA, $11.0M last year
• Jazz fit? Almost all of Okeke’s stats have trended the wrong direction in four seasons in Orlando and he didn’t get a QO from the Magic.

Malachi Flynn – 1-yr deal with the Spurs

• -0.7 wins, UFA (no QO), $3.9M last year
• Jazz fit? A team wanting “positional size” probably doesn’t prioritize a 6’1″ backup guard, especially one who hasn’t shot all that well.

Yuta Watanabe

• -0.7 wins, $2.7M PO Declined
• Jazz fit? He shot 29% from outside this past year, and then decided to opt out and reportedly play next season in Japan.

James Wiseman – 2-year deal with Indiana

• -0.8 wins, UFA, $12.1M last year
• Jazz fit? As I guessed, Wiseman did not get the 8-figure QO, so he is now unrestricted.

Luka Samanic – reportedly going overseas

• -0.8 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? It just hasn’t really come together for Samanic, which is a bummer because Hardy clearly likes the idea of him. But the numbers speak for themselves: 38-20-79 shooting splits, wildly negative box plus-minus.

Trent Forrest

• -0.8 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Forrest’s shot never really improved from his Jazz days: he’s at 18.5% from deep for his career, which is kind of a problem for a modern guard.

Mike Muscala

• -0.8 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? “Moose” hits 33 this summer, and was a 3-ppg player in brief stints with three teams this year..

Marcus Morris Sr.

• -0.8 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He’s still knocking down catch-and-shoot jumpers at almost 35, even though he plays a low-minute bench role these days.

Omer Yurtseven

• -0.8 wins, UFA, Waived off non-guaranteed minimum
• Jazz fit? Adieu, Omer, we hardly knew ye.

JT Thor

• -0.8 wins, UFA, $1.99M TO declined
• Jazz fit? His Charlotte era is over after 165 games in which he averaged just 3.2 points.

Brandon Boston Jr. – camp deal w/ San Antonio

• -0.9 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? He has one of the worst true shooting figures of any player with 300-plus minutes and didn’t have a QO extended.

Shake Milton – 3/$9M (latter 2 non-guar) with Bkn as a S&T

• -0.9 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Shake was a legitimate positive piece in Philly during 2022-23, which makes it hard to figure out why he couldn’t make it work in any of his three spots this season.

Max Christie – 4/$32M to stay in LAL

• -1.1 wins, RFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? His advanced stats are messy, but he’s off to a decent start as a shooter, which is something.

Reggie Bullock

• -1.1 wins, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Proof that life comes at you fast: Bullock played 2,364 minutes last season, 417 this season.

Troy Brown Jr.

• -1.9 wins, UFA, Waived off $4M non-guaranteed
• Jazz fit? The former first-round pick just hasn’t found a home after five teams in six years.

Damion Lee – 1-yr deal (slightly above minimum?) to return to Phoenix

• Did not play, $2.8M PO declined
• Jazz fit? Lee exploded to 44.5% from 3-point territory in 2022-23, but then suffered a major knee injury and missed the season.

James Johnson – 1-year deal to return to Indiana

• Not enough minutes, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? The Wyoming native played just 27 total games over the past two seasons.

Isaiah Thomas

• Not enough minutes, UFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? It was cool that the SLC Stars could be part of IT’s comeback journey, but he only scored eight points in six games with the Suns, and only saw four minutes of playoff action in total.

Usman Garuba

• Not enough minutes, RFA, Minimum last year
• Jazz fit? Just 18 total minutes last season for the former first-round pick.

DaQuan Jeffries

• Not enough minutes, Minimum salary TO declined
• Jazz fit? After a year in the G League, Jeffries saw just 46 total minutes last season.

Vlatko Cancar – returning to Denver (terms?)

• Did not play, Minimum salary TO declined
• Jazz fit? Cancar had surgery on his knee and will be out for an extended period.

Kai Jones – non-guaranteed 1-year deal w/ LAC

• Did not play, Minimum salary TO declined
• Jazz fit? Jones only saw action in the G League last season.

Kevin Porter Jr. (did not play) – Signed 2-year deal w/ LAC

PJ Dozier (did not play) – Signed 1-year deal w/ Min

Players coming off 2-way contracts: Jordan Goodwin (1.0), Johnny Juzang (0.3), Vit Krejci, Jacob Gilyard, Moussa Diabate, Micah Potter, Adama Sanogo, Collin Gillespie (0.1), Keon Johnson, Amari Bailey, Braxton Key, Colin Castleton, Cole Swider, Dereon Seabron, Terquavion Smith, Ish Wainright, Saben Lee, Ashton Hagens, David Duke Jr., Nate Hinton, Dylan Windler, Skylar Mays, Trevelin Queen (0.0), Seth Lundy, Isaiah Mobley, Brandon Williams, Jared Rhoden, TyTy Washington, Keyontae Johnson, Olivier Sarr, Jamaree Bouyea, Mouhamoudou Gueye, Jules Bernard, Jerome Robinson, Admiral Schofield, Udoka Azubuike (-0.1), Xavier Moon, Trey Jemison (-0.2), Jamal Cain, Leaky Black (-0.3), Emoni Bates, Ibou Badji (-0.4), Justin Minaya (-0.6), JD Davison, Greg Brown III, Jay Huff, Quenton Jackson, Daishen Nix, Charlie Brown Jr., Duane Washington Jr., Kevon Harris, Mason Jones, Andrew Funk, Jaylin Galloway (not enough minutes for EPM)

Waived before end of season / 10-day: James Bouknight (0.1), Jahmi’us Ramsey, DeJon Jarreau, Zaver Simpson, Jaylen Nowell, Maozinha Pereira, Wenyen Gabriel, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Kobi Simmons, Malik Williams, Jack White, Timmy Allen, Armoni Brooks, Kevin Knox (0.0), RJ Hampton, Danuel House Jr., Dru Smith, Robin Lopez, Otto Porter Jr. (-0.1), Terry Taylor, Joe Harris, Killian Hayes, Cory Joseph, Furkan Korkmaz (-0.2), Theo Maledon (-0.5), Nathan Mensah (-0.6), Isaiah Livers (-0.9), Ish Smith (1.5), Justin Jackson, DJ Wilson, Justise Winslow, Hamidou Diallo, Sharife Cooper, Nathan Knight, Edmond Sumner, Frank Ntilikina, Ryan Arcidiacono, Joshua Primo, Victor Oladipo, Lindell Wigginton, Danny Green, Javonte Smart, Christian Koloko, Josh Christoper (not enough minutes and/or didn’t play)