Ranking the top 25 NBA free agents set to hit the 2027 market

As the NBA calendar churns, and as teams look ahead to next season, some of the more interesting storylines extend beyond that.

But, as always in the NBA, player movement and free agency are big draws, so it’s never too early to look ahead to the free agent class of players who may be available during the 2027 offseason. The interesting thing with NBA contracts is that there are multiple levers that could lead to a player being available on the open market.

The simplest are expiring contracts that make players unrestricted free agents at the end of the season, allowing them to sign wherever they choose.

Then there are players who will enter player options or team options. A player option gives the player the right to exercise a one-year term under a salary set during negotiations of the player’s current contract. The team option allows the team to exercise the right to retain the player.

There are also restricted free agents, but it has increasingly become a rarity for opposing teams to snatch away key contributors, since the player’s current team has the option to match an offer sheet. In this case, the player’s current team has all…

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