D'Angelo Russell, Malcolm Brogdon and a Loaded Restricted Free Agency Class

Free agency is only about 24 hours away, meaning all questions that have been discussed over the last few weeks and months will probably get answered real soon.

The wrinkle this year, though, is restricted free agency, which has the chance to jumble the picture more so than in years past. Over the last five offseasons, just 122 of the 755 free agents have been signed as RFAs—with only 12 changing teams in that time. According to Spotrac, there are currently 79 players eligible to be RFAs this summer (although that number will certainly decrease once the dust settles on qualifying offers).

So how does restricted free agency work and who could be impacted this summer? Here’s a quick overview…