Baffled at the fact that NBA free agency is over," Green posted on Threads in July. To answer those claims -- including whether the middle class of players is getting squeezed out and the state of restricted free agency -- we played a game of fact or fiction. The ability to extend for more money and years have players prioritizing guarantees now over the risks of entering free agency. Like Lillard, his $2 million salary was also stretched but over two fewer seasons. Those moves helped Milwaukee open the necessary room to sign Myles Turner to a four-year, $108 million contract.