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2008 NBA Free Agents List

Who's an NBA free agent this summer?

By Dennis Velasco, About.com

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Boston Celtics

Restricted: None
Unrestricted: Tony Allen, P.J. Brown, Sam Cassell, Eddie House, Scot Pollard, James Posey
Limited Salary Protection: Leon Powe (no salary protection if waived on or before 7/15/08, thereafter full)

New Jersey Nets

Restricted: Nenad Krstic
Unrestricted: Darrell Armstrong, DeSagana Diop, Bostjan Nachbar
Limited Salary Protection: Keith Van Horn (no salary protection)

New York Knicks

Restricted: Randolph Morris
Unrestricted: Fred Jones
Limited Salary Protection: None

Philadelphia 76ers

Restricted: Andre Iguodala, Louis Williams
Unrestricted: Louis Amundson, Herbert Hill, Kevin Ollie, Shavlik Randolph
Limited Salary Protection: None

Toronto Raptors

Restricted: Jose Calderon, Carlos Delfino
Unrestricted: Primoz Brezec
Limited Salary Protection: None

CENTRAL DIVISION

Chicago Bulls

Restricted: Luol Deng, Demetris Nichols, Ben Gordon
Unrestricted: Shannon Brown, Chris Duhon
Limited Salary Protection: JamesOn Curry (salary protection of $100,000 will increase to $250,000 if not waived on or before 7/31/08 and to full if not waived on or before 10/31/08)

Cleveland Cavaliers

Restricted: Daniel Gibson, Delonte West
Unrestricted: Devin Brown, Dwayne Jones
Limited Salary Protection: Lance Allred (no salary protection), Billy Thomas (no salary protection)

Detroit Pistons

Restricted: Alex Acker, Walter Herrmann
Unrestricted: Juan Dixon, Jarvis Hayes, Lindsey Hunter, Theo Ratliff
Limited Salary Protection: None

Indiana Pacers

Restricted: David Harrison, Andre Owens
Unrestricted: Flip Murray, Kareem Rush
Limited Salary Protection: None

Milwaukee Bucks

Restricted: Ersan Ilyasova, Awvee Storey (T)
Unrestricted: Royal Ivey, Michael Ruffin, Jake Voskuhl
Limited Salary Protection: None

SOUTHEAST DIVISION

Atlanta Hawks

Restricted: Josh Childress, Jeremy Richardson, Josh Smith, Salim Stoudamire, Mario West
Unrestricted: None
Limited Salary Protection: None

Charlotte Bobcats

Restricted: Ryan Hollins, Emeka Okafor
Unrestricted: Derek Anderson, Earl Boykins, Othella Harrington
Limited Salary Protection: None

Miami Heat

Restricted: Chris Quinn, Kasib Powell, Dorell Wright
Unrestricted: Blake Ahearn, Earl Barron, Ricky Davis, Alonzo Mourning, Jason Williams
Limited Salary Protection: Joel Anthony (no salary protection if waived on or before 7/25/08, thereafter full), Stephane Lasme (salary protection of $100,000 will increase to $300,000 if not waived on or before 7/22/08, to $400,000 if not waived on or before 9/16/08 and to full if not waived on or before 10/26/08)

Orlando Magic

Restricted: James Augustine
Unrestricted: Carlos Arroyo, Keyon Dooling, Maurice Evans, Adonal Foyle, Pat Garrity
Limited Salary Protection: Marcin Gortat (salary protection for $177,879 will increase to full if not waived on or before 7/31/08)

Washington Wizards

Restricted: None
Unrestricted: Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison, Roger Mason
Limited Salary Protection: None

NORTHWEST DIVISION

Denver Nuggets

Restricted: J.R. Smith
Unrestricted: Anthony Carter, Yakhouba Diawara, Eduardo Najera
Limited Salary Protection: Bobby Jones (no salary protection if waived on or before 8/15/08, therafter full), Taurean Green (no salary protection if waived on or before 8/1/08, thereafter full)

Minnesota Timberwolves

Restricted: Ryan Gomes, Craig Smith, Chris Richard
Unrestricted: Michael Doleac, Kirk Snyder, Sebastian Telfair
Limited Salary Protection: None

Portland Trail Blazers

Restricted: Von Wafer
Unrestricted: James Jones
Limited Salary Protection: None

Seattle SuperSonics

Restricted: Robert Swift
Unrestricted: Ronald Dupree, Francisco Elson, Mickael Gelabale
Limited Salary Protection: Adrian Griffin

Utah Jazz

Restricted: C.J. Miles
Unrestricted: None
Limited Salary Protection: None

PACIFIC DIVISION

Golden State Warriors

Restricted: Kelenna Azubuike, Andris Biedrins, Monta Ellis
Unrestricted: Matt Barnes, Austin Croshere, Baron Davis, Patrick O'Bryant, Mickael Pietrus
Limited Salary Protection:C.J. Watson (no salary protection if waived on or before 7/25/08, thereafter will increase to $100,000)

Los Angeles Clippers

Restricted: Nick Fazekas, Marcus Williams
Unrestricted: Elton Brand, Paul Davis, Dan Dickau, Shaun Livingston, Corey Maggette, Smush Parker, Quinton Ross
Limited Salary Protection:Josh Powell (no salary protection if waived prior to 7/31/08, thereafter full)

Los Angeles Lakers

Restricted: Ronny Turiaf, Sasha Vujacic
Unrestricted: D.J. Mbenga, Ira Newble
Limited Salary Protection: Coby Karl (no salary protection, but will increase to $100,000 if not waived prior to the day before the first day of the 2008-09 season)

Phoenix Suns

Restricted: None
Unrestricted: Gordan Giricek, Linton Johnson, Sean Marks, Eric Piatkowski, Brian Skinner
Limited Salary Protection: D.J. Strawberry (no salary protection, but will increase to $200,000 if not waived on or before 10/31/08)

Sacramento Kings

Restricted: None
Unrestricted: Ron Artest, Beno Udrih (agreed to terms with Kings), Anthony Johnson, Lorenzen Wright
Limited Salary Protection: None

SOUTHWEST DIVISION

Dallas Mavericks

Restricted: Jose Juan Barea (agreed to terms with Mavs)
Unrestricted: Malik Allen, Devean George, Juwan Howard, Tyronn Lue, Jamaal Magloire, Antoine Wright
Limited Salary Protection: Brandon Bass (no salary protection if waived on or before 10/1/08, thereafter full)

Houston Rockets

Restricted: Carl Landry
Unrestricted: Dikembe Mutombo
Limited Salary Protection: Mike Harris (no salary protection), Loren Woods (no salary protection, but will increase to $166,400 if not waived prior to 8/15/08 and to $312,800 if not waived on or before 8/31/08)

Memphis Grizzlies

Restricted: Juan Carlos Navarro
Unrestricted: Andre Brown, Kwame Brown, Casey Jacobsen
Limited Salary Protection: None

New Orleans Hornets

Restricted: None
Unrestricted: Chris Andersen, Ryan Bowen, Jannero Pargo, Bonzi Wells
Limited Salary Protection: None

San Antonio Spurs

Restricted: None
Unrestricted: Brent Barry, Michael Finley, Robert Horry, DerMarr Johnson, Damon Stoudamire, Kurt Thomas
Limited Salary Protection: None

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