With Gordon Hayward setting off fireworks with his Fourth of July announcement to sign with the Boston Celtics, the market for small forward free agents is getting thinner by the day.
Nonetheless, there are still a handful of attractive options out there. Having said that, here’s a rundown of three remaining small fowards that can very well return good value for NBA teams looking to retool their rosters.
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Rudy Gay
In terms of pure scoring production, Sacramento’s Rudy Gay appears to be the only remaining small forward out there who can deliver points in bunches on a nightly basis. The 30-year-old consistently puts up 20-point outings and at a decent 45-percent lifetime clip from the field.
The only knock on Gay is that he tore his Achilles earlier this January, but that didn’t stop four NBA teams from showing interest in the decade-long veteran.
Otto Porter
Not far from Gay’s viable scoring SF status is Washington’s Otto Porter, who nearly signed with the Kings to the tune of a four-year, $100 million max deal before the team acquired Geroge Hill and Zach Randolph instead.
Given the price that Sacramento was once willing to pay for the restricted free agent Porter, the Wizards may have a hard time matching any succeeding offers and keep him in the Nation’s Capital. Regardless, the Georgetown product’s prowess from deep (43.4-percent three-point shooting percentage – fourth-best in the league last season) is a good indication that he’s well worth the price and ready to become more than just a mere role player for the Wiz.
Jeff Green
After Gay and Porter, the talent found in the pool of small forwards takes a rather significant dip. But if there’s one under-the-radar player worth keeping an eye on, it would be Orlando’s Jeff Green.
Perhaps the fumbling Magic didn’t fully utilize the 11-year pro properly, as Green finished the previous season with less than 10 points per game for the first time since 2013. Still, Green has five years of playoff experience under his belt, once averaging a little over 20 points per game through six postseason games with the 2013 Celtics. As such, the Maryland native could easily be a diamond in the rough for one franchise that’ll resort to scraping the bottom of the free agency barrel.
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