Which players are still available in the 2019 NBA free-agent class , and how much money are they expected to command?
It's easy to project a max contract for Kawhi Leonard , the best player on the board. But what about the other starters and rotation players waiting to sign new deals?
Here are complete lists, broken down by position, that take a look at the salary range for each free agent along with likely role.
One important note: These projections are for starting salaries if a player signs a long-term deal . Players certainly could sign one-year deals for significantly more money than they're projected for here, as JJ Redick did when he agreed to a $23 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2017.
We've also included a breakdown of the general ranges for max salaries and cap exceptions.
Point guards Player Team Age FA Type Starting salary Tyus Jones (restricted) MIN 23 Starter $8-10 million Delon Wright (restricted) MEM 27 Key reserve $6-8 million Rajon Rondo LAL 33 Key reserve $4-6 million Trey Burke DAL 26 Rotation A Minimum Jerryd Bayless MIN 30 Rotation A Minimum Raymond Felton OKC 35 Rotation A Minimum Jeremy Lin TOR 30 Rotation A Minimum Quinn Cook GSW 26 Rotation A Minimum Devin Harris DAL 36 Rotation B Minimum Jose Calderon DET 37 Rotation B Minimum Shelvin Mack CHA 29 Rotation B Minimum Theo Pinson BKN 23 Development Minimum Brandon Goodwin DEN 23 Development Kalin Lucas DET 30 Development Isaiah Whitehead DET 24 Development Trevon Duval HOU 20 Development Joe Chealey CHA 23 Development Jonathan Gibson BOS 31 Development Jawun Evans OKC 22 Development P.J. Dozier BOS 22 Development Naz Long UTA 25 Development Chasson Randle WAS 26 Development
Shooting guards Player Team Age FA Type Starting salary Danny Green TOR 32 Starter $10-12 million Kentavious Caldwell-Pope LAL 26 Key reserve $6-8 million Justin Holiday MEM 30 Key reserve $4-6 million Iman Shumpert HOU 29 Rotation A $4-6 million Lance Stephenson LAL 28 Rotation A Minimum Jamal Crawford PHX 39 Rotation A Minimum Vince Carter ATL 42 Rotation B Minimum Nik Stauskas CLE 25 Rotation B Minimum Ian Clark NOP 28 Rotation B Minimum Jerian Grant ORL 26 Rotation B Minimum Tyler Dorsey MEM 23 Rotation B Minimum Jodie Meeks TOR 31 Rotation B Minimum Patrick McCaw TOR 23 Rotation B Minimum Jimmer Fredette PHX 30 Rotation B
Small forwards Player Team Age FA Type Starting salary Kawhi Leonard TOR 30 Franchise $32.7 million Kelly Oubre Jr. (restricted) PHX 23 Starter $12-14 million Stanley Johnson NOP 23 Rotation A $4-6 million Furkan Korkmaz PHI 21 Rotation B $4-6 million Justin Anderson ATL 25 Rotation B Minimum Corey Brewer SAC 33 Rotation B Minimum Quincy Pondexter SAS 31 Rotation B Minimum Thabo Sefolosha UTA 35 Rotation B Minimum Sam Dekker WAS 25 Rotation B Minimum Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot CHI 24 Development Jaron Blossomgame CLE 25 Development Deng Adel CLE 22 Development Vince Edwards HOU 23 Development Davon Reed IND 24 Development George King PHX 25 Development Troy Williams SAC 24 Development
Power forwards Player Team Age FA Type Starting salary Marcus Morris BOS 29 Starter $8-10 million JaMychal Green LAC 29 Starter $8-10 million Rondae Hollis-Jefferson BKN 24 Key reserve $6-8 million Trey Lyles DEN 23 Key reserve $6-8 million Kenneth Faried HOU 29 Rotation A $4-6 million Jarell Martin ORL 25 Rotation A Minimum Carmelo Anthony N/A 35 Rotation A Minimum Luol Deng MIN 34 Rotation B Minimum Lance Thomas NYK 31 Rotation B Minimum Marquese Chriss CLE 21 Rotation B Minimum Jonas Jerebko GSW 32 Rotation B Minimum Udonis Haslem MIA 39 Rotation B Minimum Cheick Diallo NOP 22 Rotation B Minimum Ekpe Udoh UTA 32 Rotation B Minimum Dragan Bender PHX 21 Rotation B Minimum Dante Cunningham SAS 32 Rotation B Minimum Donatas Motiejunas SAS 28 Rotation B Minimum Alex Poythress ATL 25 Development Tyler Lydon DEN 23 Development Ray Spalding PHX 22 Development Marcus Derrickson GSW 23 Development Cameron Reynolds MIN 24 Development Johnathan Motley LAC 24 Development Johnathan Williams LAC 24 Development Isaiah Hicks NYK 24 Development Amile Jefferson ORL 26 Development Ben Moore SAS 24 Development Tyler Cavanaugh UTA 25 Development Devin Robinson WAS 24 Development
Centers Player Team Age FA Type Starting salary DeMarcus Cousins GSW 28 Starter $4-6 million Ivica Zubac (restricted) LAC 22 Key reserve $4-6 million Khem Birch (restricted) ORL 26 Key reserve $4-6 million JaVale McGee LAL 31 Key reserve $4-6 million Tyson Chandler LAL 36 Key reserve Minimum Joakim Noah MEM 34 Key reserve Minimum Pau Gasol MIL 38 Rotation A Minimum Nene HOU 36 Rotation A Minimum Kosta Koufos SAC 30 Rotation A Minimum Amir Johnson PHI 32 Rotation B Minimum Salah Mejri DAL 33 Rotation B Minimum Zaza Pachulia DET 35 Rotation B Minimum Andrew Bogut GSW 34 Rotation B Minimum Tyler Zeller MEM 29 Rotation B Minimum Greg Monroe PHI 29 Rotation B Minimum Jason Smith N/A 33 Rotation B Minimum Eric Moreland TOR 27 Rotation B Alan Williams BKN 26 Rotation B Angel Delgado LAC 24 Development Isaac Humphries ATL 21 Development
Projected max and exception values Max (10-plus years of service)
Starting salary: $38.2 million
Five-year max (incumbent team): $221.6 million
Four-year max (cap space team): $164.3 million
Projected players: Kevin Durant
Max (7-9 years of service)
Max (0-6 years of service)
Starting salary: $27.3 million
Five-year max (incumbent team): $158.3 million
Four-year max (cap space team): $117.3 million
Projected players: D'Angelo Russell , Kristaps Porzingis
Full midlevel exception
Starting salary: $9.3 million
Four-year max: $39.8 million
Applies to teams over the cap but under the tax
Taxpayer midlevel exception
Starting salary: $5.7 million
Three-year max: $18.0 million
Applies to teams over the tax or teams that do not want to trigger the hard cap
Room exception
Bi-annual exception
