Which players are still available in the 2021 NBA free-agent class, and how much money are they expected to command?
It's easy to project a max contract for LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard , the best player in free agency. But what about the other starters and rotation players waiting to sign new deals?
Here are the complete lists, broken down by position, of the salary ranges for each remaining free agent along with their likely roles.
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 projected.
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 Dennis Schroder LAL 27 Top Starter $16-18M Frank Ntilikina NYK 23 Key Reserve $4-6M Elfrid Payton NYK 27 Rotation A $4-6M Dennis Smith DET 23 Rotation A $4-6M Brad Wanamaker CHA 32 Rotation A $2-4M Langston Galloway PHX 29 Rotation A $2-4M Jordan McLaughlin ® MIN 25 Rotation A Veteran minimum Ryan Arcidiacono CHI 27 Rotation A Veteran minimum Saben Lee DET 22 Rotation A Veteran minimum Jeff Teague MIL 33 Rotation A Veteran minimum Mike James BKN 30 Rotation A Veteran minimum Raul Neto WAS 29 Rotation A Veteran minimum Dante Exum HOU 26 Rotation A Veteran minimum Brandon Goodwin ATL 25 Rotation A Veteran minimum Shabazz Napier N/A 29 Rotation A Veteran minimum Darren Collison N/A 33 Rotation A Veteran minimum Chris Chiozza BKN 25 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Tim Frazier MEM 30 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Theo Pinson NYK 25 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum Nico Mannion ® GSW 20 Development Partial-guaranteed Minimum Jared Harper NYK 23 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum Markus Howard ® DEN 22 Development Partial-guaranteed minimum Isaiah Thomas N/A 32 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Emmanuel Mudiay N/A 25 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Brandon Knight N/A 29 Rotation A Non-guaranteed Minimum Chasson Randle ORL 28 Rotation B Non-guaranteed Minimum Jeremiah Martin CLE 25 Rotation B Non-guaranteed Minimum Tremont Waters BOS 23 Rotation B Non-guaranteed Minimum Cassius Winston ® WAS 23 Development Non-guaranteed Minimum Trent Forrest ® UTA 23 Development Non-guaranteed Minimum Skylar Mays ® ATL 23 Development Non-guaranteed Minimum Devon Dotson ® CHI 22 Development Non-guaranteed Minimum ® = Restricted
Shooting guards Player Team Age FA Type Starting Salary Hamidou Diallo ® DET 23 Starter $8-10M J.J. Redick DAL 37 Rotation A $4-6M Stanley Johnson TOR 25 Rotation A $2-4M Frank Jackson ® DET 23 Rotation A Veteran minimum Garrison Mathews ® WAS 24 Rotation A Veteran minimum E'Twaun Moore PHX 32 Rotation A Veteran minimum Matt Thomas UTAH 26 Rotation A Veteran minimum Tyler Johnson BKN 29 Rotation A Veteran minimum Isaac Bonga WAS 21 Rotation A Veteran minimum Jamal Crawford N/A 41 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Allonzo Trier N/A 25 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Andre Roberson N/A 29 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Iman Shumpert N/A 31 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Allen Crabbe N/A 29 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Jordan McRae N/A 30 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Courtney Lee N/A 35 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Troy Daniels N/A 29 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Jerome Robinson N/A 24 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Sindarius Thornwell ORL 26 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum Armoni Brooks ® HOU 23 Development Partial-guaranteed minimum Kyle Guy ® SAC 23 Development Partial-guaranteed minimum Adam Mokoka CHI 23 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Axel Toupane MIL 29 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum Keljin Blevins POR 25 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Quinndary Weatherspoon ® SAS 24 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Grant Riller CHA 24 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Brodric Thomas ® CLE 24 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Nate Darling CHA 22 Development Non-guaranteed minimum ® = Restricted
Small forwards Player Team Age FA Type Starting Salary Josh Hart ® NOP 26 Key Reserve $10-12M Svi Mykhailiuk ® OKC 24 Key Reserve $4-6M Denzel Valentine CHI 27 Rotation A $2-4M Wesley Matthews LAL 34 Key Reserve $2-4M Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot BKN 26 Key Reserve $2-4M JaKarr Sampson IND 28 Rotation A Veteran minimum Rondae Hollis-Jefferson POR 26 Rotation A Veteran minimum James Ennis ORL 31 Rotation A Veteran minimum Gerald Green N/A 35 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Thanasis Antetokounmpo MIL 29 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Jarrell Brantley ® UTH 25 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum Justin Jackson MIL 26 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum Keita Bates-Diop ® SAS 25 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum Gary Clark PHI 26 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum James Nunnally NOP 31 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum Jared Dudley LAL 36 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum Amir Coffey ® LAC 24 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Cassius Stanley ® IND 21 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Nate Hinton ® DAL 22 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Ignas Brazdeikis ORL 22 Development Non-guaranteed minimum ® = Restricted
Power forwards Player Team Age FA Type Starting Salary Lauri Markkanen ® CHI 24 Starter $10-12M Paul Millsap DEN 36 Key Reserve $4-6M Jarred Vanderbilt ® MIN 22 Key Reserve $4-6M Patrick Patterson LAC 32 Rotation A Veteran minimum Mike Scott PHI 33 Rotation A Veteran minimum D.J. Wilson HOU 25 Rotation A Veteran minimum Michael Kidd-Gilchrist N/A 27 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Marquese Chriss N/A 24 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Noah Vonleh N/A 25 Rotation A Partial-guaranteed minimum Devontae Cacok LAL 24 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum Ersan Ilyasova UTH 34 Rotation A Non-guaranteed minimum Jordan Bell GSW 26 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum Tyler Cook DET 23 Rotation B Partial-guaranteed minimum Omari Spellman N/A 23 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum Michael Beasley N/A 32 Rotation A Non-guaranteed minimum T.J. Leaf POR 24 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum Rayjon Tucker ® PHI 23 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum ® = Restricted
Centers Player Team Age FA Type Starting Salary DeMarcus Cousins LAC 30 Rotation A $4-6M Isaiah Hartenstein CLE 23 Rotation A $2-4M Udonis Haslem MIA 41 Rotation B Veteran minimum Ed Davis MIN 32 Rotation B Veteran minimum Bismack Biyombo CHA 28 Rotation A Veteran minimum Willy Hernangomez NOP 27 Rotation A Veteran minimum Harry Giles POR 23 Rotation A Veteran minimum Luke Kornet BOS 26 Rotation A Veteran minimum Omer Yurtseven MIA 23 Development Partial-guaranteed minimum Cristiano Felicio CHI 29 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum Norvel Pelle NYK 28 Rotation B Non-guaranteed minimum Killian Tillie ® MEM 23 Development Non-guaranteed minimum Tacko Fall BOS 25 Development Partial-guaranteed minimum ® = Restricted
Projected max and exception values Max (10-plus years of service)
Starting salary: $39.3 million
Five-year max (incumbent team): $228.2 million
Four-year max (cap space team): $169.2 million
Projected players: Kawhi Leonard (cap space team)
Max (7-9 years of service)
Starting salary: $33.7 million
Five-year max (incumbent team): $195.7 million
Four-year max (cap space team): $145.1 million
Projected players: None
Max (0-6 years of service)
Starting salary: $28.1 million
Five-year max (incumbent team): $163.0 million
Four-year max (cap space team): $120.8 million
Projected players: None
Full midlevel exception
Starting salary: $9.5 million
Four-year max: $41.0 million
Applies to teams over the cap but under the tax
Taxpayer midlevel exception
Starting salary: $5.9 million
Three-year max: $25.3 million
Applies to teams over the tax or teams that do not want to trigger the hard cap
Room exception
Bi-annual exception
