{"id":822991,"date":"2026-07-25T13:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/822991\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:18:21","slug":"5-minimum-contract-nba-free-agents-every-team-could-still-use-after-lebron-james-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/822991\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Minimum-Contract NBA Free Agents Every Team Could Still Use After LeBron James Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Gary Payton II has always been a key role player for the Warriors during his two different stints with Golden State, including the championship season in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Payton&#8217;s numbers will never jump off the page, but his play certainly does. Last season, he averaged a career-high\u00a07.5 points and\u00a03.6 rebounds, including 1.4 offensive rebounds. Crashing the offensive glass is a big part of his game. Payton&#8217;s value is a pure hustle guy, winning extra possessions, cutting off the ball and working as a screener.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Players like Payton can provide a massive punch of energy off the bench. There are several teams that could use a player of this caliber off the bench, who, with their hustle, can turn a game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gary Payton II has always been a key role player for the Warriors during his two different stints&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-822991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}