Seven players to watch on NBA buyout market

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Buyout season is here. We’ve already had one buyout (Torrey Craig with the Bulls, signed in Boston) and another lined up — the Ben Simmons era with the Brooklyn Nets is about to come to an end, he is finalizing a buyout with the Nets and then will sign with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Those won’t be the only buyouts and veteran players finding a new home in the coming weeks. Front offices around the league have their eyes on a few players who might become available and could help rotations down the stretch. Just don’t oversell this — in the momentum that builds around transactions, we tend to overestimate how much of an impact buyout players have. They are being bought out for a reason.

Here are seven players to watch on the buyout market.

(One added note: Seven teams currently over the first luxury tax apron cannot sign any buyout player who made more than the non-taxpayer mid-level exception ($12.8 million): the Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns, and Los Angeles Lakers. For example, none of those teams could sign Simmons.

Malcolm Brogan

A lot of teams could use the veteran guard’s ball handling and shooting (a career 38.8% from 3), this is a guy who won Sixth Man Of The Year Just a couple of seasons ago and can still contribute. However, two things are standing in the way. His skills only help a team if he can stay healthy, and Brogdon has played in just 22 games this season (he returned to the rotation recently). Second, the Wizards may not buy him out, according to a report from Marc Stein. That would fit the pattern of what the Wizards did last year with Tyus Jones. Still, if he hits the market, there will be plenty of interest (because he is making $22.5 million this season, the teams over the apron cannot sign him).

Bruce Brown

He was just traded to New Orleans in the Brandon Ingram deal, but like Brogdon, the reports coming out of the Big Easy say the Pelicans may hold on to Brown through the end of the season. Which is odd, he’s on a $23 million expiring contract and the Pelicans aren’t going anywhere.

Brown was a critical part of the…

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Publish date : 2025-02-10 17:00:00

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