For the most part, NBA free agency is complete. Given the current salary cap structure, which makes teams far less willing to sign free agents to huge money, most players change teams via trade before they hit the true open market. However, the biggest name in basketball remains an unrestricted free agent, available to sign with any team that can fit him under the salary cap, or convince him to sign to a mid-level exception or veteran’s minimum deal: LeBron James.
The market for James has started to take shape. In an interview with NBA Today, ESPN insider Shams Charania named five franchises as “leading suitors” for the former Lakers forward: the Cavaliers, Heat, Warriors, 76ers and Timberwolves. All have been connected to James since his decision to leave the Lakers.
