As the player empowerment era continues to rise across the league, player movement, even among the youngest stars, has never seemed more possible. There has never been more player movement in the NBA. Detroit fans only have to look in their own backyard, as the Detroit Pistons brass have completely overhauled the roster in a two-year stretch. Heck, Sekou Doumbouya was the lone survivor of Troy Weaver’s first offseason at the helm.
However, amongst the transactional chaos, the restricted free agency market has remained constant. It’s the one area of free agency in which the front office retains most bargaining power.