Hi everyone,
It’s MbappeforMVP again for another in-depth study. This time I’m going to focus on potential targets at the (big) forward spot for the Suns in free-agency.
Before showing you the results of this study and my final conclusions about who I think the Suns should/could/would go get I need to make the usual recap of the scope, the data I considered and the methodology I used to end up with those results.
THE SCOPE
I considered as free-agent big forward :
- Any player who’s not under contract for 2020-21
- Unrestricted free-agent (there are no RFA fitting that mold anyway, the closest one being Torrey Craig who’s a wing more than a big forward)
- Player options with a real chance to be declined (that excludes players like Gordon Hayward, James Johnson or Otto Porter)
- Team options with a high likelihood to be declined
- Players who have played at least 20 games this season and at least 14 minutes per game
It resulted in 16 players (in no particular order) :
- Dario Saric
- JaMychal Green
- Jerami Grant
- Juan Hernangomez
- Maurice Harkless
- Serge Ibaka
I have decided to add 4 other non-free-agent players to that bunch.