"None of them came away with a contract richer than Giddey's four-year deal with the Bulls that will pay him $25 million annually."
"It also remains to be seen how much potential cap space gets eaten up by in-season trades that add long-term salary or even lead to immediate extensions, as witnessed last February in Golden State (Jimmy Butler) and Toronto (Brandon Ingra"
Restricted free agency presented an uncertain market this year, with multiple RFAs failing to secure extensions near last season's large Immanuel Quickley contract. Toronto extended Quickley to a five-year, high-value deal that set a difficult benchmark for other RFAs. Four notable RFAs—Josh Giddey, Quentin Grimes, Cam Thomas, and Jonathan Kuminga—struggled to justify comparable offers, with Giddey's four-year, $25 million-per-year deal standing as the richest among them. Projected offseason cap space could be consumed by in-season trades that add long-term salary or lead to immediate extensions. Teams are increasingly trading for targets and extending them internally.
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