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Players who didn’t extend and are headed to restricted free agency

Here’s a look at those players that will be headed to restricted free agency in 2022 after the rookie-scale extension deadline passed.

The rookie-scale extension deadline has passed with a flurry of extensions for the 2018 draft class. Eleven players were extended, including four players signing maximum extensions. These extensions combine for a total of $1.146 billion in guaranteed money.

Twelve players on rookie-scale contracts that were extension-eligible did not extend and it will be interesting to see how the 2022 free agent market shakes out for them. There are now only 4 teams that can generate significant cap space next offseason, which explains why so many players extended now. Here’s a look at those players that will be headed to restricted free agency in 2022.

The highest-paid players from each country in NBA history

With how much money is going to player salaries at the moment, records are being set seemingly every season for his biggest contract by total money or the highest single-year salary. We decided to take a look at the financial boon for NBA players in …

With how much money is going to player salaries at the moment, records are being set seemingly every season for his biggest contract by total money or the highest single-year salary.

We decided to take a look at the financial boon for NBA players in another manner, by determining who are the highest-paid players from each country.

No surprise for the American NBA player with the most money earned, as it’s LeBron James, who passed Kevin Garnett for the distinction last season. China’s is pretty easy to guess, too, as Yao Ming was an All-Star every year of his career and was paid as such.

Below, check out the full list of the highest-paid NBA players from each country (including this season’s salaries).

The biggest pay cuts in the NBA this season

Check out the biggest pay cuts in the NBA this season.

Even with NBA salaries at an all-time high, players still sometimes have to accept reality and agree to contracts that will pay them far less than their previous deals, be it due to injuries or diminished impact or whatever else.

Just this year, Victor Oladipo took a deal with the Miami Heat that will pay him $18.6 million less than he made last season. And he’s not even the player who took the biggest payout from last year. Nor is he No. 2.

Below, check out the biggest salary pay cuts in the NBA this season.

Why John Wall’s future might not find a resolution soon

A lack of trade suitors and a potentially massive buy-out requirement could keep John Wall in Houston until next season.

John Wall and the Houston Rockets have mutually agreed to work on a separation, according to Shams Charania. Wall will still remain with the team but won’t play in games in order to preserve his trade value. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Wall isn’t in Houston’s plans since they are in a full-scale rebuild. His services are best suited on a contender.

This decision will allow the Rockets to dedicate all their minutes to their young guards, a promising group which includes Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. Both are now set to start at the guard positions with Wall out of the picture, which should also guarantee minutes to other young guards such as Josh Christopher and Anthony Lamb.

Although both sides are in agreement that a separation is for the best, one might not come anytime soon. The lack of trade suitors for Wall, as well as a potentially punitive buy-out amount, could keep him shelved in Houston throughout the 2021-22 season.

NBA transactions log: All the moves of the season

The NBA season may not formally last 12 months a year but the activity in the league’s front offices never stops. Virtually every day there’s some kind of roster change in one or several teams. To recap every move in the league, big or small, here’s …

The NBA season may not formally last 12 months a year but the activity in the league’s front offices never stops. Virtually every day there’s some kind of roster change in one or several teams.

To recap every move in the league, big or small, here’s the transaction log for the 2021-22 season. Every official signing, trade, release or contract change will be available here – along with the salary information of the players involved.

NBA salaries: The guarantee dates this season

Although they are not as prevalent as in the NFL, there are many non-guaranteed contracts in the NBA. Those deals have guarantee dates on them. If a player is waived by that day, they don’t get the rest of the money on their contract. If they stick …

Well, we got ahold of all the guarantee dates on NBA contracts this season. Check the full list below:

The biggest salary raises in the NBA this season

Between various max extensions kicking in for young-and-elite players and high-level free agents signing new contracts this offseason, there are a slew of NBA players receiving huge raises between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 season. Below, check out the …

Below, check out the ranking we put together of the biggest raises being received by players this season, led by Bam Adebayo, who’s making $23.0 million more in 2021-22 than he did last season thanks to the max extension he signed last offseason.

His former Kentucky teammate De’Aaron Fox also finds his way fairly high up on this list.

Why the 2022 free agent market could be dry

Many players are signing veteran extensions and avoiding free agency, making an already dry free agency market even more of a drought.

The 2021 offseason went from being very hyped to a being very slow one relative to the past few years. Barring a trade or two involving a couple of all-stars, Kyle Lowry may have been the biggest name to change teams this offseason. Despite there being more projected cap space this offseason than in 2020, several teams like Dallas, Miami, Toronto, and New Orleans all opted to operate over the salary cap at the last minute. The lack of marquee names led teams to decrease their spending power which overall depressed the market.

Can we expect a more robust market in 2022? It seems as the opposite is happening with many veterans are rushing to lock down their money now through extensions to avoid free agency. This was an expected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of revenue it caused. The rate that the salary cap rose prior to 2020 made potential earnings in the free agency market significantly exceed what players can get through their maximum veteran extension amounts. Now players are incentivized to stay with their teams and earn more with them, especially maximum players.

Where does this leave the amount of potential cap space teams? As of now, only four teams are projected to generate maximum cap space, and it’s possible most of these teams eliminate theirs if they extend certain key players on their roster.

Which teams improved their long-term prospects the most this offseason?

While most teams improved themselves for the upcoming season, here are a few teams that made decisions with the long-term in mind.

It’s hard to distinguish a winner of the offseason that stands out from the rest this year. With the exception of a few teams, most made moves with the present in mind. Only a few made decisions that will reward them at least one year from now.

Here they are:

Free agency’s first hours: Live-reaction blog with Yossi Gozlan

Salary cap expert Yossi Gozlan reacts to all the moves at the start of free agency and makes sense of all the moves from a cap perspective.

HoopsHype’s salary cap expert Yossi Gozlan is providing updates and reactions on each major event at the start of free agency.