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2025 Free Agency: 8 potentially pivotal players
2025年自由球員： 8位重點球員

The peak of 2024 free agency is past, but many teams are already maneuvering
to prepare for next year’s offseason options.
Here’s a look at some of the most intriguing players that could draw
significant attention next summer (listed alphabetically by last name):

2024年的自由球員市場的高峰期已經結束，但許多球隊已經在為明年的休賽期做準備。
以下是一些明年夏天可能引起廣泛關注的球員（按姓氏字母順序）：

Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat

Unrestricted free agent (player option)

After extension talks hit a dead end in Miami, Butler’s potential free agency
 looms over the Heat and the league. Team president Pat Riley said he wanted
to see Butler be “available every single night” after an injury-riddled and
disappointing finish to 2023-24. A six-time All-Star, Butler has missed at
least 15 games in six of the last seven seasons. Butler will turn 35 on Sept.
14, but he remains a dependable all-around force that injects an extra dose of
 fear into opponents at playoff time.

在與邁阿密的續約談判陷入僵局後，Butler的潛在自由身籠罩著熱火和整個聯盟。球隊總
管Pat Riley表示，在經歷了飽受傷病困擾且令人失望的2023-24賽季後，他希望看到


Aaron Gordon, Denver Nuggets

Unrestricted free agent (player option)

For Nuggets fans, it may be depressing to contemplate a third straight summer
of the team losing a key piece of its championship rotation. Gordon, however,
could very well eye a pay raise after proving to be one of the most versatile
defenders in the league. Under an ever-increasing salary cap, Gordon would
make an approximate and relatively modest $24 million in 2025-26 if he does
not enter free agency via player option. For context, former teammate
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is slated to average $22 million over the next three
seasons after signing his new deal with Orlando.


下新合約後，預計未來三個賽季的平均收入為2200萬美元。

Brandon Ingram, New Orleans Pelicans

Unrestricted free agent (extension-eligible)

New Orleans’ recent trade for Dejounte Murray, combined with the always
tantalizing prospect of a healthy Zion Williamson, has left Ingram’s long-
term future with New Orleans up for debate. He’ll be 27 when he hits
unrestricted free agency, boasting a combination of age, choice and talent
that usually yields an enormous payday. Team fit — and a bounce-back season
from 3-point range — will play a large role in his not-so-distant future.



Kyrie Irving, Dallas Mavericks

Unrestricted free agent (player option)

Irving’s first steady season in years coincided with Dallas’ unexpected NBA
Finals run. If he follows up last season with an equivalent-or-better outing
in 2024-25, he could be tempted to use his player option to enter free agency
for long-term contract security. Such a move could see the eight-time All-Star
 join his fifth team in nine seasons, or Dallas keep intact arguably the most
talented duo in franchise history.

Irving多年來第一個穩定的賽季，恰逢達拉斯意外闖入了NBA總決賽。如果他繼上賽季之後
，能在2024-25賽季打出同等甚至更好的表現，他可能會想利用自己的球員選項進入自由球員
市場以獲得長期合約保障。這樣的舉動可能會讓這位八次入選全明星的球員，加入他9個
賽季中的第5支球隊，或是達拉斯能留下球隊歷史上可說是最有天賦的二人組。

Jonathan Kuminga, Golden State Warriors

Restricted free agent

Golden State’s fading present clashes with a tantalizing future when it comes
 to Kuminga. The former No. 7 overall pick in 2021, Kuminga averaged 11.3
points per game in November, 14.3 ppg in December and 20.6 ppg in January
before his up-and-down end marked the Warriors’ Play-In Tournament
elimination. Still just 21 years old, Kuminga could be extended if the
Warriors want to keep him long-term … and if that extension meets Kuminga’s
asking price. If the 6-foot-8 forward reaches restricted free agency, teams
with cap space could force the Warriors to choose between matching a large
contract or letting him walk for nothing.



Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz

Unrestricted free agent (extension-eligible)

The most-clicked name in everyone’s imaginary trade machine, Markkanen poses
an enormous pivot point. As John Schuhmann details here, Markkanen is up for
an extension on Aug. 6. That date doubles as the last day he can be extended
and still be dealt by the February trade deadline. The versatile 27-year-old
forward represents elite shooting and All-Star-level improvement for whatever
team employs him long-term.



Jalen Green & Alperen Sengun, Houston Rockets

Restricted free agents

A year ago, Houston was so far below the salary floor that it shelled out
above-market contracts for veterans Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks. Those
days are essentially done as Houston faces upcoming pay-days for its young,
home-grown talent. Sengun’s production and playmaking at center had him as a
fringe All-Star last season. Green, meanwhile, spearheaded the Rockets’
midseason turnaround that nearly led to a Play-In Tournament berth. Teams with
 cap space could draw up an offer sheet (which the Rockets can match) for
either young player if Houston is reluctant to meet their asking price.



來源：https://www.nba.com/news/2025-free-agents-8-pivotal-players

心得：雖然還有一年，但這些人的動向以及球隊可能操盤，已經可以開始關注了。
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