The opening of the free market means that every team has the right to negotiate with free agents and reach an oral agreement. This period is also the outbreak of heavy deals, and even big deals that affect the league structure will appear. For example, LeBron James left Miami and returned to Cleveland, and kevin durant announced that he would join Golden State Warriors and announced that the league would end early.
In the free market, there are also some restricted free agents. These players have two choices, one is to sign a qualification contract with the parent team, and the other is to sign an offer contract with other favorite teams.
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In the offseason in 2022, although there were no particularly big fish and no particularly powerful stars became free agents, there was no particularly big storm in the free market. In the free market in 2022, the biggest player is Ayton of the Suns. Because the Suns don't want to give Ayton a top salary contract, Ayton may leave the Suns.
The Suns have made a qualified offer for Elton. If no team offers Elton a contract higher than the qualifying offer, Elton will return to the Suns for another year in the new season. However, it was reported earlier that the Pistons would provide a top salary contract for Ayton.
In addition to Aiton, there are some role players who change teams in the offseason in 2022, which will not play a substantial role in the league. However, the trading market is much more lively than the free market, especially after Durant applied to the Nets for trading, the whole league was boiling for a while.
Besides Durant, there are some potential deals, such as Owen. It can be said that these big names want to leave the team and make the long offseason colorful.