NBA Free Agency 2017 Player Profile: Thabo Sefolosha
By Ti Windisch
Salary
The good news for teams looking to sign Thabo Sefolosha in NBA free agency is that because of Thabo’s lack of impressive counting stats, his price will likely be low, relatively speaking of course. That’s bad news for Sefolosha, but such is life as a role player in the NBA.
His last contract was worth $12 million over three seasons, with it decreasing slightly in value each year. That was with the Atlanta Hawks, who may not be overly interested in keeping the 33-year-old around as the team shifts to a younger one, especially if Paul Millsap departs in free agency.
The least Thabo can make in a deal is $2.3 million in year one. The contract he ends up signing might not pay him a ton more than that floor value. Something like a two-year, $6 or $7 million contract seems reasonable for where Thabo is at in his career.
There’s no reason to expect anything less than more quiet production from Sefolosha, but his age and lack of bulk production means teams will likely flock to other, noisier free agents first. It’s always possible that some team overpays, but with all the bad deals signed last summer the NBA might be more careful this time around.