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2025 Free Agents - Malcolm Brogdon

Brogdon spent the early parts of his career as a good starting point guard, and even had a brief moments where he was a borderline All-Star when healthy. At this stage of his career, Brogdon is probably best served as a back-up, but he can still be a high-level back-up guard when healthy. Availability has been a bit of an issue for Brogdon, as he has dealt with injuries throughout his career and only averaged 55 games played per season. Not a terribly low number, but enough to make an impact. Brogdon has good size at 6'5", and it allows him to play either guard position. As a career 39% 3-point shooter, he can play off-ball in spotup situations. He's never been a high-volume shooter though, and it has probably hurt his advanced numbers a bit, as Brogdon's career true shooting is 57%, which is good but not great. Some of that is due to the nature of his game. Brogdon isn't going to launch a ton of 3s off-the-dribble, and he isn't a great movement shooter that you will run pindowns for. From inside the arc, Brogdon has a solid midrange and floater game, although he struggled from there in '23-'24, only hitting 36% of his non-paint 2-pointers and 46% of his 2-pointers overall. If those struggles continue or he regresses even more, that could really hurt his game. Brogdon has never been a great finisher at the rim, partly because he's a below-average athlete by NBA standards. He makes up for it by being a smart, good playmaking guard that doesn't turn the ball over much. He also gets a good amount of offensive rebounds for a guard. Defensively, Brogdon has always been a positive defender, even if he has never risen to the level of being a top defender. He has enough size to switch, moves his feet well, and overall uses smarts and effort to be a positive defender. If age and health issues cause him to regress even more athletically, there's a chance he could start to become a poor defender. He has never been all that disruptive, posting low steal and block rates. As a 32 year old free agent in 2025, Brogdon could be due for some regression as he ages into his mid-30s, which teams will be thinking about when offering him his next contract. However, he won 6th Man of the Year as recently as 2023, and the Trailblazers were respectable when he was on the court in '23-'24. It will be interesting what his role will be in Washington, and if he ends up getting bought out or traded to a team that is less focused on developing young players.

Summary

Brogdon will be an unrestricted free agent with a $33.8 million cap hold and full Bird Rights, meaning the Wizards will have no restrictions on re-signing him. Since his cap hold exceeds his likely starting salary, his cap hold is not really relevant. Since his cap hold is greater than his expected starting salary, his cap hold is not really relevant, as it will either be replaced by his starting salary after he re-signs, or removed when he signs with another team. Depending on how close the Wizards are to the luxury tax after free agency, if Brogdon is brought back by the Wizards on a multi-year contract they could benefit from frontloading his contract, as it could give them additional flexibility in the future. Doing so could further cut into their cap space though. If Brogdon's starting salary is above the $14.1 million Nontaxpayer Mid-Level Exception, only teams with cap space will be able to sign him. It's possible he could be had for the full MLE or slightly less, including maybe the $8.8 million Room MLE, the $5.7 million Taxpayer MLE, or $5.1 million Bi-Annual Exception. It wouldn't be that shocking if Brogdon even signed a minimum contract in the right situation.

Cap Considerations

Chris Paul (1 year, $10 million, 2024) Dennis Schroder (2 years, $26 million, 2023) Tyus Jones (1 year minimum, 2024)

Player/Contract Comparison

Potential Teams: Hawks, Wizards, Rockets, Pelicans, Spurs

Predicted Contract: 1-year, $10 million with the Hawks

Last updated: 10/13/2024

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