The whirlwind that was Free Agency 2023 had us engaged with the future, anxiously checking our feeds to see who was next to join the 2023-24 and help build around a Devin Booker/Kevin Durant/Bradley Beal/Deandre Ayton core. Notifications were pinging our mobile devices like an ex who really had something to say. With every new addition, a former member of the team would not be returning.
Many of those players have yet to be signed by other NBA teams in any capacity. Is that a fortification that they were clearly the wrong fit for the 2022-23 squad? They are so past their prime that no one wants to bring them in on a veteran minimum?