Of the 50 players we listed as our top free agents of the summer last month, 43 have signed NBA contracts. That leaves seven unsigned players from that top-50 list. They are as follows:
- Tyus Jones, G
- Isaac Okoro, F (Cavaliers RFA)
- Luke Kennard, G
- Precious Achiuwa, F/C
- Markelle Fultz, G
- Cedi Osman, F
- Gordon Hayward, F
There aren't a lot of viable destinations left out there for these seven guys, as many teams around the NBA have filled their projected 15-man rosters and/or aren't in position to continue adding players due to their proximity to the luxury tax line or one of the tax aprons.
Still, it would be a little surprising if these players doesn't have an NBA home by the fall. So where might they end up? Let's take a closer look to see if we can come up with logical landing spots for each of them.
Tyus Jones
We opened up a discussion on Jones' best fit last week -- I made a few suggestions in our article and got some good feedback from readers in the comment section. One thing that struck me during that exercise was that many of the best fits for Jones - a good distributor and shooter who never turns the ball over - project to be some of the worst teams in the league.
I think Hayward played himself out of the league
Lakers need to dump those garbage contracts for Reddish and Wood and then sign Tyus Jones.