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What you need to know about the Miami Heat’s salary-cap situation and options entering Friday’s start of free agent negotiations.

Waiving Prince was strictly business for the Timberwolves, a team trying to gain as much flexibility as possible to supplement their roster.

Running things back with Nikola Vucevic at a rate nobody else was willing to pay will come back to haunt the Chicago Bulls.

Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas took over the front office chair and instantly made a splash by flipping the roster. The hope was to make Chicago a destination place in free agency. Four years later, he’s made them only mediocre. Does that start to change on Friday, as teams begin courting free agents?

James Harden opted into his contract on Friday, but Kyrie Irving and Draymond Green are among those who could move in free agency.

Some of the players to watch in NBA free agency, which starts Friday evening: The 76ers can't afford to let him go, and Harden knows this. Other teams will want him, and that will make the 76ers dig deep, It might be a short deal, maybe two years with the second at his option, but if Philly is going to contend for a title this coming season it needs to surround MVP Joel Embiid with elite talent. This one will be interesting.

The Miami Heat decided not to give a qualifying offer to center Omer Yurtseven. What does this mean for Yurtseven’s future with the Heat?

Its already been a busy offseason for player movement in the NBA

The Chicago Bulls seem to struggle to develop their young talent, as so many former players have become success stories after leaving the team.

The Chicago Bulls' front office stressed the need for better 3-point shooting, but how exactly do they plan to address that this free agency?