So i've compiled this list of Free Agents with the best WS/48. Now you also have to look at the players Age, TS%, PER, WS, minutes and games played etc., but this at least gives us a means to compare a free agent's value and possible impact. According to Basketball Reference the league average is at .100 so I didn't add any players at or below that level. There were a LOT of players below that level.

Rk	Player	                Pos	Age	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	WS	WS/48 ▾
1	Brandan Wright	        PF	27	TOT	66	1214	21.6	.681	5.7	.227	
2	DeAndre Jordan	        C	26	LAC	71	2455	20.5	.641	10.6	.207
3	Jimmy Butler	        SG	25	CHI	56	2180	21.0	.577	9.3	.204
4	Jeremy Evans	        SF	27	UTA	28	144	18.1	.586	0.6	.190
5	Kawhi Leonard	        SF	23	SAS	52	1669	21.1	.551	6.5	.186
6	Marc Gasol	        C	30	MEM	70	2361	21.7	.561	9.1	.185
7	LaMarcus Aldridge	PF	29	POR	61	2180	22.8	.528	7.6	.168
8	Draymond Green	        SF	24	GSW	71	2258	16.5	.543	7.9	.168
9	Kevin Love	        PF	26	CLE	67	2296	18.9	.556	8.0	.167
10	Alexis Ajinca	        C	26	NOP	56	816	20.1	.601	2.7	.162
11	Paul Millsap	        PF	29	ATL	67	2218	19.9	.568	7.5	.162
12	Danny Green	        SG	27	SAS	69	2036	16.7	.588	6.7	.157
13	Jeff Withey	        C	24	NOP	35	248	18.1	.570	0.8	.157
14	Bismack Biyombo	        C	22	CHO	51	887	15.0	.578	2.9	.154
15	Jerome Jordan	        C	28	BRK	41	366	16.8	.609	1.2	.151
16	John Jenkins	        SG	23	ATL	18	190	15.9	.689	0.6	.150
17	DeMarre Carroll	        SF	28	ATL	60	1887	15.1	.594	5.8	.148
18	Robin Lopez	        C	26	POR	46	1302	16.1	.564	4.0	.148
19	Wesley Matthews	        SG	28	POR	60	2024	16.1	.585	6.2	.148
20	Greg Monroe	        PF	24	DET	64	1991	21.0	.548	6.1	.148
21	Tristan Thompson	PF	23	CLE	72	1970	15.6	.577	6.0	.147
22	Anthony Morrow	        SG	29	OKC	63	1504	14.2	.594	4.5	.145
23	Lavoy Allen	        PF	25	IND	51	945	16.0	.513	2.8	.144
24	Jeff Ayres	        PF	27	SAS	41	316	13.7	.616	0.9	.144
25	Cory Joseph	        PG	23	SAS	67	1273	15.3	.565	3.7	.141
26	Khris Middleton	        PF	23	MIL	68	2024	15.8	.566	5.8	.139
27	Alexey Shved	        SG	26	TOT	42	767	19.5	.541	2.2	.135
28	Jonas Jerebko	        PF	27	TOT	63	1016	14.5	.559	2.8	.132
29	Goran Dragic	        SG-PG	28	TOT	67	2254	17.7	.580	6.2	.131
30	Enes Kanter	        C	22	TOT	64	1780	19.5	.555	4.8	.130
31	Omer Asik	        C	28	NOP	64	1666	16.0	.554	4.4	.126
32	Brandon Bass	        PF	29	BOS	70	1633	16.4	.549	4.3	.126
33	Amir Johnson	        PF	27	TOR	68	1810	15.2	.604	4.6	.121
34      Luis Scola	        PF	34	IND	69	1420	16.7	.513	3.6	.121
35	Greg Smith	        PF	24	DAL	40	355	10.6	.614	0.9	.117
36	Brandon Knight	        PG-SG	23	TOT	62	2013	17.5	.547	4.7	.112
37	Kosta Koufos	        C	25	MEM	70	1162	13.6	.525	2.7	.111
38	John Lucas	        PG	32	DET	12	140	14.9	.472	0.3	.110
39	Jae Crowder	        SF	24	TOT	71	1374	13.9	.513	3.1	.109
40	Joel Freeland	        C	27	POR	37	476	11.0	.495	1.0	.105
41	Marco Belinelli	        SG	28	SAS	51	1165	12.8	.557	2.5	.102

SO! This is a very interesting list and picking players from it would seem to make the most sense in terms of measurable impact. Purely clinical. No passion involved.

This is a very good way to start evaluating players.

that said... there's a lot of underrated guys.. some who aren't on this but some who are... crowder, withey, amir johnson are names that don't get talked about but are very useful players and will be cheap...

TPercy wrote:Alexey shved at 135...and people have the nerve to say he is "barely an NBA player"

It just goes to show that the Knicks aren't as lost on this kind of stuff as it seems. Remember he wasn't some throw in on a trade. The targeted Shved. They made a separate deal for him using a Trade Exception that Phil got for Felton. So Felton did something good for the team on the way out.

We need for Phil to do even more with his cap space this summer and get a few more high impact players from this list. He won't have to overspend on one guy in order to get great value.

mreinman wrote:

nixluva wrote:I must admit that doing this was very enlightening. Some players surprised me by where they end up on the list. Brandon Wright in particular blew me away. I had no idea he was so impactful.

he has been in dallas too. that is why the rondo was tool city. Check Rondo's TS. Eh maybe you shouldn't check it ... not pretty.

Why are we not talking more about Branda Wright?

I had no idea he was a free agent,

mreinman wrote:

TPercy wrote:Alexey shved at 135...and people have the nerve to say he is "barely an NBA player"

he has looked really good. Needs a better shot and take better shots though.

very good pick up.

Yup, all he needs to do is balance out his shot selection by getting to ft line a lot more. He has made big improvments since he got here so I think he can do that. If the Knicks are lucky enough to lure two STARTING caliber guards here, then he can serve as a really good 6th man to us.