The first NBA free-agent signing wave has passed, but which player should each team sign among the players left on the open market?

Breaking down the biggest players in an early free agent period that will shape the coming NBA season and beyond.

NBA free agency is underway, and after a week, some notable names remain unsigned. That includes Jonathan Kuminga and Josh Giddey, who are both restricted free agents this summer.

To officially sign Myles Turner, the Bucks needed to create some cap space. They did that by waiving nine-time All-Star point guard Damian Lillard and Vasilije Micić, two moves that became official Monday.

The Lakers lost Dorian Finney-Smith in free agency, and haven’t replaced him on the wing. Finney-Smith played with Luka Doncic in Dallas, and is the exact type of 3-and-D wing who can succeed off Luka and LeBron James. So that’s a big hole on the roster.

Keep track of the frenzy of moves during the 2025 NBA Free Agency period, which officially begins Monday, June 30 at 6 p.m. ET.

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Devine: Gimme Atlanta. The Hawks took advantage of the Celtics’ misfortune to land Kristaps Porziņġis, then leveraged the Timberwolves’ need to pay Naz Reid and Julius Randle to pry away Nickeil Alexander-Walker — adding two huge, high-quality defensive players who can shoot.

Partly, that’s the nature of free agency, with deals struck in front offices or over texts. But for the Knicks, the first two days of NBA free agency have been not completely silent, but rather muted as far as making moves to better a team that went as far as their first Eastern Conference final in 25 years.