The biggest bit of NBA free agency news on July 4 was Gordon Hayward pump-faking and then reportedly signing with the Boston Celtics via a max contract. That’s big and important news to be sure, but it wasn’t the most insightful news item of the day, in a league-wide sense.
Omri Casspi, Mike Scott and Patrick Patterson, among other players, all reportedly signed deals as well. Those three are worth noting because each of them were had for a song.
Casspi and Scott, both power forwards with legitimate shooting touch (Casspi is a 36.