Last updated: 9/30/2019
Last updated: 9/30/2019
Last updated: 9/30/2019
2025 Free Agents - De'Andre Jordan
Jordan's game has slowly been on the decline in the past five or six years, culminating in a low point during which he ended up completely falling out of the Nets' rotation in the 2021 playoffs. After struggling with the Lakers and 76ers, Jordan signed with the Nuggets in 2022, and didn't contribute much in '22-'23 on the court, but was a beloved teammate and great locker room presence for the 2023 champion. His minutes were pretty limited in '23-'24 and '24-'25 as well. Jordan doesn't have the athleticism that he used to, which hurts his ability as a lob threat on offense, and he was always a bit overrated as a rim protector. He can get blocks, and sometimes just having a big body out there can be helpful, but Jordan isn't someone that is consistently in position and someone that you can trust to anchor an elite defense. Jordan has struggled in recent years, as he's not as mobile on defense and his finishing numbers at the rim offensively have generally declined (but are still decent(. He can fill some spot minutes as a third center during the regular season, but I wouldn't want to have to rely on him on a night-to-night basis. Jordan will be 37 when he hits free agency in 2025, so I would expect that he only gets minimum offers for the rest of his career, but his likeability could keep him around.
Summary
Jordan will be an unrestricted free agent with a $2.3 million cap hold and Full Bird rights, meaning the Nuggets will have no restrictions on re-signing him. Other teams will have multiple ways to sign Jordan as even teams without cap space could use any of the Non-Taxpayer MLE, Room MLE, Taxpayer MLE, or Bi-Annual Exception to sign him. It's also likely that Jordan only gets minimum offers, and may not even get fully-guaranteed offers.
Cap Considerations
Taj Gibson (1 year minimum, 2024) James Johnson (1 year minimum, 2024) Robin Lopez (1 year minimum, 2023)