That's basically Batum in a nutshell—smart enough to see all on the basketball court, skilled enough to capitalize on what he sees. He has 17 seasons under his belt, and his teams have been at least 2.1 points better per 100 possessions with him than without in all but five of them.

The first wave of NBA free agency has come and gone, but there are still some good free agents left on the open market.

There aren’t many sports where signing a single player has the potential to dramatically improve a team’s fortunes quite like basketball, and there are a ton of instances where NBA franchises have turned things after landing a big name in free agency.

Al Horford is reportedly weighing retirement as one of the few remaining unrestricted free agents on the NBA market, according to The Boston Globe's Adam Himmelsbach.

The Warriors have also been connected to Bradley Beal and Al Horford this offseason; while Melton is coming off a serious injury and doesn't have the resume that Beal does, I think he would provide more depth to Steve Kerr's system in 2025 than Beal would.