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2025 Free Agents - Bismack Biyombo

Biyombo has bounced around the last few seasons, going unsigned for parts of seasons but then latching on and getting some minutes in Phoenix, Memphis, Oklahoma City, and San Antonio. The last season Biyombo was a full-time rotation player was '21-'22, when he posted a career high eFG% of 61.8%, as he finished better at the rim than he ever had previously. That's partly due to the situation, as he has never played with a point guard as good as Chris Paul, so he was getting more open dunks. His hands have improved, allowing him to catch more passes and finish inside. He also has a very good offensive rebounding rate. However, he hasn't been quite as good in the past few seasons, posting a 57% eFG%.  Defensively, Biyombo isn't the biggest center at 6'9", but he has decent enough length to bother some shots inside. He has always had a good block rate, but could have better defensive awareness and instincts to be a true rim protector. His overall rim protection numbers have been good. Biyombo can move his feet decently on the perimeter, and can survive when switching in late-clock situations, but you probably want him in drop coverage the majority of the time. In the Mavericks series in 2022, the Suns started playing Biyombo over JaVale McGee because of his superior ability to hold defend on the perimeter. Biyombo has proven that in the right situation he can still be a serviceable backup center during the regular season, which could allow him to stick in the league a little longer. However, his efficiency has dipped compared over the last couple seasons. He'll be nearly 33 years old as a free agent in 2025, so some age-related regression could be coming as well.

Summary

Biyombo will be an unrestricted free agent with a $2.3 million cap hold and Non-Bird Rights. This means that the highest starting salary the Spurs could offer him using the Non-Bird Exception is $4.4 million. This should be enough to retain Biyombo, since he settled for the minimum to come to San Antonio. Alternatively, the Spurs could use their Mid-Level Exception or Bi-Annual Exception to re-sign Biyombo if he demands more than $4.4 million.  Other teams will have multiple ways to sign Biyombo as even teams without cap space could possibly use the Non-Taxpayer MLE, Room MLE, Taxpayer MLE, or Bi-Annual Exception to sign him. It's also likely that Biyombo only gets minimum offers again, and may not even get fully-guaranteed offers.

Cap Considerations

Tristan Thompson (1 year minimum, non-guaranteed 2024) Mason Plumlee (1 year minimum, 2024) Orlando Robinson (1 year minimum, partially-guaranteed, 2024)

Player/Contract Comparison

Potential Teams: Spurs, Raptors, Heat, Cavaliers, Grizzlies

Predicted Contract: 1-year, $3.6 million (non-guaranteed) with the Spurs

Last updated: 6/16/2025

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