NBA Free Agents: Ranking the Top 25 2022 NBA Free Agents

NBA Free Agents: Ranking the Top 25 2022 NBA Free Agents

NBA free agency will begin on Thursday and there are 25 extremely intriguing players that could be up for grabs when the free agency window opens. Below, I rank the best players available in this year's NBA free agency.

Top 25 2022 NBA Free Agents

1. Zach LaVine

LaVine averaged 24.4 points per game last season with the Chicago Bulls while also adding 4.5 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game last year. He's just 27 years old and helped the Bulls get into the playoffs along with DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic. I think LaVine stays put in Chicago if he's offered the five-year max contract worth $212 million.

2. James Harden

Harden has a player option for $47.4 million. He'll likely opt-in and stick it out with Joel Embiid in Philadelphia. If not, he'd become a free agent with many potential destinations.

3. Bradley Beal

Beal also has a player option with the Wizards for $36.4 million. It's looking like he will opt out of his option and then re-sign with Washington for five years and $248 million.

4. Miles Bridges

5. DeAndre Ayton

6. Jalen Brunson

All three of these players are restricted free agents. This means that the current team is able to match any offer that is given from another team to retain the player. But to some of these teams, these players aren't worth the maximum that they'll get from other teams. We'll see how these three players handle free agency.

7. Collin Sexton 8. Anfernee Simons

Two more restricted free agents.

9. John Wall

No one knows what's left in John Wall's tank, but he has been bought out by the Rockets and will eventually sign with the Clippers. Interesting stuff.

10. Tyus Jones

11. Gary Payton II

12. Bruce Brown

More young talent will be unrestricted free agents. These three players can be legitimate game-changers if they pick the right team to join.

13. Donte DiVincenzo

14. Nicolas Claxton

More restricted free agents that could end up elsewhere.

15. Isaiah Hartenstein

16. Kyle Anderson

17. Gary Harris

18. Malik Monk

More talent will make a difference to contending teams. It looks like Monk would love to stay in Los Angeles, but let's see where the other three wind up.

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19. Mitchell Robinson

20. Kevon Looney

I think we can all agree that Looney should do whatever he can to play for Golden State. However, I'm sure he'll get a much better payday elsewhere, so that kind of stinks.

21. Victor Oladipo

22. Patty Mills

Mills has a player option with the Nets. He's currently undecided on what he'll do.

24. P.J. Tucker

25. Bobby Portis

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