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…
Last week was all about the Golden State Warriors, who rode upon a double digit win streak. This week is not any different. The Warriors have now won 14 straight and hope to make it 15 on Saturday, when they face the Dallas Mavericks. Klay Thompson led the Warriors to a comfortable victory over the Timberwolves on Monday, and it was Thompson who…