Lets prepare for the future here! Lately we've been pondering with the idea of getting Chris Paul or Rudy Fernandez but lets talk about next year's Free Agency for a bit. We've touched on the possibility of signing Carmelo Anthony if he doesn't extend his contract with the Denver Nuggets and also talked about signing Tony Parker as an alternative Plan A. So what happens if Plan A doesn't pan out? Here's a list of 2010-2011 Unrestricted Free Agents that I felt were worthy enough to be mentioned.

Salary = 10,800,000

Jamal Crawford- 6'5 SG, 18PPG 3APG 38% 3P

Age: 30

 

Salary = 3,000,004

Glen Davis- 6'9 PF, 6.3PPG 3.8RPG 0.8BPG

Age: 24

Salary = 4,640,208

Kendrick Perkins- 6'10 C, 10.1PPG 7.6RPG 1.7BPG

Age: 25

 

Salary = 9,000,000

(Player Option) Boris Diaw- 6'8 PF, 11.3PPG 5.2RPG 4APG

Age: 28

 

Salary = 1,815,000

J.J. Barea-  6'0 PG, 7.6PPG 3.3APG 0.4SPG

Age: 26

Salary = 10,561,960

Caron Butler- 6'7 SF, 16.3PPG 6.2RPG 2.1APG

Age: 30

Salary = 12,600,000

Tyson Chandler- 7'1 C, 6.5PPG 6.3RPG 1.1BPG

Age: 27

 

Salary = 11,360,000

(Early Termination Option) Nene Hilario- 6'11 C, 13.8PPG 7.6RPG 1BPG

Age: 27

Salary = 16,545,454

Kenyon Martin- 6'9 PF, 11.5PPG 9.4RPG 1.1BPG

Age: 32

Salary = 6,757,851

J.R. Smith- 6'6 SG, 15.4PPG 2.4APG 33% 3P

Age: 24

 

 

Salary = 11,148,760

Tayshaun Prince- 6'9 SF, 13.5PPG 5.1RPG 3.3APG

Age: 30

 

Salary = 7,354,400

Shane Battier- 6'8 SF, 8PPG 4.7RPG 2.4APG

Age: 31

Salary = 17,686,100

Yao Ming- 7'6 C, 19.7PPG 9.9RPG 1.9BPG

Age: 29

 

Salary = 11,968,253

Troy Murphy- 6'11 PF, 14.6PPG 10.2RPG 0.5BPG

Age: 30

Salary = 8,500,000

T.J. Ford- 6'0 PG, 10.3PPG 3.8APG 0.9SPG

Age: 27

Salary = 10,561,984

Mike Dunleavy- 6'9 SF 9.9PPG 3.5RPG 1.5APG

Age: 29

 

Salary = 3,945,000

Rasual Butler- 6'7 SG, 11.9PPG 1.4APG 33% 3P

Age: 31

 

Salary = 1,765,000

(Player Option) Matt Barnes- 6'7 SF, 8.8PPG 5.5RPG 1.7APG

Age: 30

 

Salary = 17,666,666

Zach Randolph- 6'9 PF, 20.8PPG 11.7RPG 0.4BPG

Age: 29

 

Salary = 18,300,000 (!!YIKES!!)

Michael Redd- 6'6 SG, 11.9PPG 2.2APG 1SPG

Age: 30

 

Salary = 14,256,000

Peja Stojakovic- 6'10 SF, 12.6PPG 3.7RPG 1.5APG

Age: 33

Salary = 8,287,500

(Early Termination Option) David West- 6'9 PF 19PPG 7.5RPG 0.7BPG

Age: 29

 

Salary = 5,300,000

(Player Option) Mickael Pietrus- 6'6 SF 8.7PPG 2.9RPG 37% 3P

Age: 28

 

Salary = 6,641,440

Jason Kapono- 6'8 SF, 5.7PPG 1.2APG 36% 3P

Age: 29

Salary = 3,976,000

Willie Green- 6'3 SG, 8.7PPG 2.1APG 34% 3P

Age: 29

 

Salary = 14,444,443

Jason Richardson- 6'6 SG, 15.7PPG 1.8APG 39% 3P

Age: 29

Salary = 3,240,000

Grant Hill- 6'8 SF, 11.3PPG 5.5RPG 2.4APG

Age: 37

 

Salary = 7,405,300

Joel Przybilla- 7'1 C, 4.1PPG 7.9RPG 1.4BPG

Age: 30

 

Salary = 13,428,129

Samuel Dalembert- 6'11 C, 8.1PPG 9.6RPG 1.8BPG

Age: 29

Salary = 3,000,000

Carl Landry- 6'9 PF, 16.8PPG 5.9RPG 0.8BPG

Age: 26

 

Salary = 18,835,381

(Early Termination Option) Tim Duncan- 6'11 C, 17.9PPG 10.1RPG 1.5BPG

Age: 34

 

Salary = 7,100,000

(Player Option) Leandro Barbosa- 6'3 SG, 9.5PPG 1.5APG 32% 3P

Age: 27

 

Salary = 17,823,000

Andrei Kirilenko- 6'9 SF, 11.9PPG 4.6RPG 2.7APG

Age: 29

Salary = 3,700,000

(Team Option) C.J. Miles- 6'6 SF, 9.9PPG 2.7RPG 1.7APG

Age: 23

 

Restricted Free Agents- Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Arron Afflalo, Jonas Jerebko, Rodney Stuckey, Reggie Williams, Brandan Wright, Aaron Brooks, Mike Conley, Marc Gasol, Mario Chalmers, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (!?!?!), Corey Brewer, Marcus Thornton, Daequan Cook, Jeff Green, Spencer Hawes, Thaddeus Young, Goran Dragic, Jared Dudley, Greg Oden, Marco Belinelli, Sonny Weems, Al Thornton, Nick Young, Yi Jianlian.

 

So who would you most like to see if we cant land Carmelo or Parker? What is your Plan B? If you never wanted Carmelo or Parker, whats your Plan A? There is a bunch of nice decent talent on this list. Its extremely deeper then this year's Free Agency. Instead of the focus being all on one or two men, there are role players here that can put certain teams over the hump. This is why striking out in next years Free agency will be a very unlikely thing to do. Men will not be overpaid because there is a deep pool of talent. Now unless the majority of these fellas sign with the teams they are currently on (Which isn't impossible), we are going to see a bunch of new faces in a bunch of new places. Even some of those Restricted guys might find themselves laced in new colors so do not overlook them either. Look what our Plan B gave us this year, Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf, Kelenna Azubuike, Raymond Felton, Amare Stoudemire, Timofey Mozgov and we're still Wheeling and Dealing as we speak! So with the amount of talent up there our Plan B might bring a smile to our face even after be ousted by 2 superstars in consecutive Free Agencies. We have options which is always a good thing.