NBA buyout market 2023: Russell Westbrook and 7 candidates who can crack a playoff rotation

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The names on the NBA's buyout market are always bigger than their impact, and we tell ourselves every year this time will be different. Keep that in mind when a one-time MVP joins a contender in the near future.

Will Barton, Washington WizardsBarton averaged 14 points per game over eight seasons with the Nuggets, who traded him and Monte Morris to the Wizards this past summer for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith. Barton has struggled in his first season with Washington, shooting 38.7% from the floor, and recently fell out of the rotation.

He falls into a similar category to Barton, although Ross' 3-point accuracy returned to 38.1% this season from a career-worst 29.2% last year. He has never played with an MVP-caliber talent in his 11-year career, and an elite playmaker might be able to tap into his scoring punch as an end-of-the-rotation contributor.Beverley talks a big game, and he can also talk his way out of one, too, but he has started playoff games each of the four seasons.

— and a Lakers team desperate for warm bodies around LeBron James and Anthony Davis traded Beverley for a reserve center.

 

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