Forget about regular-season NBA action for a second. Think about the 2015 free-agency class instead.
Yes, I know. The season just started. You're only just coming to terms with all that's happened since the end of last year. LeBron James is back in Cleveland. Kobe Bryant is teammates with Carlos Boozer. Chris Douglas-Roberts' shorts aren't as short as you thought they would be.
It's madness.
But that doesn't make this any less necessary.
Halloween has come and gone, and so too has the deadline for fourth-year players to sign contract extensions. Some studs successfully brokered one—Ricky Rubio now has 56 million reasons to continue working that boyish smile of his, per ESPN.com's Marc Stein. Other extension-eligible talents weren't so lucky, and the free-agency landscape has changed as a result, even if only slightly.
Restricted free agents rarely find new digs. Incumbent teams have the ability to match any offer they receive, making it hard to leave. Sometimes, though, it happens, and there are now more than a few cases to monitor.
Which of these restricted free agents stand among next summer's bes ...
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