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NBA: 5 Best Remaining Free Agents

By Gerald Bourguet

Jan 25, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dion Waiters (23) defends a shot by Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith (5) in the first quarter at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 25, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dion Waiters (23) defends a shot by Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith (5) in the first quarter at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 27, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas (20) after a play during the game against the San Antonio Spurs at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Donatas Motiejunas

By signing Ryan Anderson to a massive four-year, $80 million deal, the Houston Rockets may have bid adieu to restricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas, another stretch-big whose potential has been overshadowed by recurring injury problems.

Though the Rockets could still retain D-Mo, even after James Harden‘s massive contract extension, they might not be inclined to hand him a contract extension after he played in only 37 games in 2015-16.

Following a 2014-15 campaign in which he showed great promise as a stretch-5, averaging 12.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game to help make up for Dwight Howard‘s injury-riddled year, D-Mo was unable to build on a potential breakout season. In his first four NBA seasons, Motiejunas has missed 114 total games.

That’s not exactly a strong selling point for prospective free agency buyers, nor is the fact that the Detroit Pistons rescinded a deal at last year’s trade deadline after he failed the required physical.

However, Motiejunas is only 25 years old and shot 36.8 percent from three-point range only a season ago. He has great touch around the basket and though he still needs quite a bit of work defensively, a decent offer for this restricted free agent could be enough to pry him away from Houston.

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