NBA teams can?t think short term when evaluating 2013 free agents.
That?s how money is wasted and franchises are set back years trying to recover. There are several young players in this year?s class who, if paid properly, will benefit a franchise in the near and distant future.
Here are those players.
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3. Tyreke Evans
Evans? points per game have declined every season since his rookie year, but that doesn?t mean he can?t be a key contributor on a contender. He finished the 2012-13 campaign with career highs in two-and three-point field-goal percentage. If Evans escapes the losing culture that he?s known his entire professional career with the Sacramento Kings, the 23-year-old will have the chance to finally blossom to his full potential.
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2. Brandon Jennings
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel?s Charles F. Gardner reported that the Milwaukee Bucks plan to keep Jennings, a restricted free agent, for at least one more year. It would be in their best interest to sign him to a long-term deal, though. If they don't, Jennings said ?there is no way? he stays if he?s forced to sign a one-year qualifying offer, according to"Yahoo! Sports"?Marc J. Spears.
Jennings has shown flashes of scoring brilliance, but his 17.5 points per game this past season came off of shooting an inefficient 39.9 percent from the field. He did have his best year passing, though, increasing his assists per game from 5.5 to 6.5.
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1. Andrew Bynum
Is Bynum worth a max contract?
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Yes
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No
Is Bynum worth a max contract?
Bynum didn?t play a second of basketball this year, but he still deserves to be one of the most highly sought-after players in free agency.
Before undergoing more knee surgery, he was coming off the best campaign of his career. He averaged 18.7 points, 11.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game for the Los Angeles Lakers. Bynum finished the season with a player efficiency rating of 23.0 (the league average is 15.0), tying him for the 10th-highest mark in the NBA.
Bynum is worth the risk because he?s the second-best center in the league when healthy.
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David Daniels is a breaking news writer at Bleacher Report and news editor at Wade-O Radio.
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