Besides who to take in this summer’s draft, this will be the biggest decision the front office will make this season. Tyson Chandler will remain the starting center going into next season but the back up big man slot remains to be seen. NBA teams will value Alex Len and Alan Williams differently. Last off-season teams paid out on average $17 million for free agent centers (roughly 18.1% of teams salary caps). But there were three distinct tiers of big men that were paid:
Tier 1: Dwight Howard, Al Hordford, Hassan Whiteside, Andre Drummond
Average salary: $25,520,833 Average percentage of cap: 27.