There is a cold reality when it comes to NBA free agency this summer.
Outside of players re-signing with their current teams or agreeing on sign-and-trades, free agents are staring at the Brooklyn Nets, who are the only team with enough salary cap room to offer a contract greater than $30 million. However, half the league has the $14.1 million non-tax midlevel exception.
To show the complexities of negotiating in free agency, we chose 10 of the biggest free agents this offseason and examined what their next contract should be.
This list won't include Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, as ESPN's Shams Charania reported in May that signs point to James opting in to his $52.