Locking Up Your Own Free Agents
These are the teams that benefited from re-signing their own free agents. Had they lost their own restricted or unrestricted free agents, these teams could potentially have ended up back in the Draft Lottery at the conclusion of the 2016-2017 season.
Toronto Raptors
DeMar DeRozan, 5 years, $139 million…
2015-2016 Atlantic Division Preview
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The 2014-2015 Atlantic Division was all about the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors finished the season with a 49-33 record, winning the division with a nine-game lead over the Boston Celtics, who finished with a 40-42 record. The Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets battled for the…
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Since moving from New Jersey to Brooklyn, the Nets have been the most overpaid and underachieving team in all of sports. While they have not missed a playoff berth since moving out of Newark three years ago, they have not been the real title contenders that they aspire to be. They had big hopes that by putting together…