Bargain NBA Free Agents Who Can Still Help Every Team

When Jalen Duren finally agreed to the Detroit Pistons' five-year, $200 million offer, the 2026 offseason's final starting-caliber free agent was officially off the board.

In fact, the arrival of training camp means anyone still unemployed probably isn't even a sure-fire rotation option. As it is, most teams have more bodies in their facilities than they'll be legally allowed to carry into the season.

We turned over a whole bunch of stones to come up with a handful of players who, despite virtually every roster spot being spoken for, should still get serious looks. This is the last batch of viable free agents on the market.

None projects to be a big-minute option, but each is good enough to play a small role on anyone's roster.

2025-26 Stats: 8.0 PTS, 4.0 REB, 4.4 AST, 0.8 STL

Anyone signing Vince Williams Jr. to a camp deal will do so knowing he won't produce until late in the 2026-27 season. He's sure to miss a huge chunk of the campaign while recovering from a torn ACL suffered last February.

Unlike some of the other players we'll list, Williams remains unrostered strictly because of his health status. He put up 8.0 points and 4.4 assists per game last season and, more broadly, has tended to play his best when tasked with a real role. Back in 2023-24, Williams' second season in the league, he posted averages of 10.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 27.6 minutes per game.

That was the only time in recent memory Williams was a regular starter, but his work for Memphis as a 23-year-old should have teams interested in what he might do when healthy again.

Much depends on Williams' long-range accuracy. He's at 32.2 percent from deep for his career but drilled 37.8 percent of his treys during that breakout year with the Grizzlies. If he can settle in as a league-average shooter, Williams will have much more to offer than several players currently in camp on Exhibit 9 deals around the league.

Even if he can't find his perimeter stroke, Williams will bring rugged defense against bigger players and just enough facilitation to make an impact.

2025-26 Stats: 2.4 PTS, 0.7 REB, 0.5 AST, 0.2 STL

All we know for sure is that Lindy Waters III isn't good enough to crack the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs' rotation. The 29-year-old wing has plenty to offer teams outside the contender class.

Waters did his most efficient work with the 2023-24 Oklahoma City Thunder, hitting 47.1 percent of his shots from the field and 43.5 percent of his threes in a small role across 38 games. The following season, which he split between the Golden State Warriors and Detroit Pistons, saw Waters appear in a career-high 52 games.

Though nobody should expect those excellent OKC shooting splits to reappear, Waters is at a solid 36.3 percent from deep for his career and has earned high praise from coaches who know a thing or two about what it takes to win.

"It's not just because he's a good shooter," Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said in 2024 . "He's a good basketball player. It's the shots that he doesn't take because of his patience, it's the cuts that he makes to the basket, it's getting into the fight defensively."

Waters has scrapped and clawed and spent plenty of time grinding in the G League since going undrafted in 2020. That he's logged nearly 200 career NBA games is a testament to his work ethic and the qualities—measurable and otherwise—he can bring to any team.

2025-26 Stats: 4.4 PTS, 1.4 AST, 1.0 REB, 0.5 STL

Like many players who establish themselves in South Beach, Gabe Vincent had a hard time recapturing his top form upon leaving the Miami Heat.

In four seasons with Miami, the 6'2" guard established himself as a useful defender and reliable shot-maker. Though he'll never be confused with a knockdown sniper, Vincent has been good for at least 34.0 percent from distance in three of the last five years.

Throw out an injury-plagued first season with the Lakers in 2023-24, and Vincent has also been durable, appearing in an average of 65 games over the last half-decade.

Some team in need of an experienced two-way guard who can get the ball up the floor, defend both backcourt spots and step into big shots without fear should put in a call to Vincent.

And if his decision to pass on a camp offer from the New York Knicks is any indication, that team had better be offering something more secure than a mere camp invite.

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2025-26 Stats: 6.7 PTS, 5.8 REB, 1.8 AST, 0.4 STL

Kevin Love's All-Star peak is a decade behind him, but many of the skills that once made him one of the most complete offensive bigs in the game have predictably aged well.

In spot duty with the Utah Jazz last year, Love shot 37.3 percent from distance while averaging 12.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per 36 minutes. He's obviously not going to touch that much playing time at age 38, but his per-minute production remains legit.

If anything, the veteran forward was a little too helpful for the tanking Jazz last season. Maybe he would have played more if Utah hadn't been 3.2 points per 100 possessions better overall and with him in the game.

You can just imagine the Jazz's front office noting how Love boosted the team's offensive rating by 6.9 points per 100 possessions (a 94th percentile figure) and immediately drafting a memo to the coaching staff limiting Love's role to 10 minutes per game.

Reliable shooting, intelligent ball movement, dominant rebounding and championship savvy play anywhere—even if only in an end-of-bench capacity.

2025-26 Stats: 7.1 PTS, 1.2 REB, 1.0 AST, 0.3 STL

Golden State's decision not to re-sign Seth Curry—even with Stephen Curry as the franchise cornerstone—suggests the Warriors did not view him as the right fit for their roster. That does not mean another team could not find value in his shooting, especially in a limited, matchup-dependent role.

Other teams should view the Dubs' decision as an opportunity. Stephen Curry signed an extension, but who knows how ugly things might get in Golden State this year? It might be a good idea to have Seth on your roster if you intend to swoop in with a trade offer for Steph at some point.

There's also the small matter of Seth being one of the absolute greatest shooters in the history of the sport.

Whatever issues Curry has with durability and defense—and there are issues in those areas—he has never once been anything but lights-out from deep. Though he barely played last season, he scorched the nets at a 48.0 percent clip from long range.

In 2024-25, when his 68 games with the Hornets qualified him for the crown, he led the NBA by shooting 45.6 percent on threes. Overall, his career hit rate of 43.3 percent is second all time among qualified shooters.

The league is evolving and continually favoring multi-skilled players with good positional size. But it hasn't advanced to a point where singularly elite skills like Curry's shooting are no longer valuable.

Stats courtesy of NBA.com , Basketball Reference and Cleaning the Glass . Salary info via Spotrac .

Grant Hughes covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Bluesky and subscribe to the Hardwood Knocks podcast, where he appears with Bleacher Report's Dan Favale .