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Bedlam or boredom? This summer's NBA free-agent market figures to feature bits of both, in different ways.

The influx of money from the league's new national TV deal (to which Turner Sports, Bleacher Report's parent company, is a party) is expected to sling salaries into the stratosphere. Just about every team will have enough cap space to dole out at least one max deal. In a class that's thin on top-tier talent, that could yield eight- and nine-figure takes for guys who'd be lucky to sniff half that cash in more balanced circumstances.

For some, getting that kind of scratch will require switching teams. For others—many of this year's top free agents among them—the Association's new fiscal reality will only strengthen the incentives to stay put.

Remember the last collective bargaining agreement, inked in the fall of 2011?

That tilted the table further toward incumbent squads keeping the talent they've groomed. By rule, home teams can offer more money over more years to their own players than can potential poachers. So while there will be many millions of dollars more floating around the open market, the pull for top players to stick where they started will be stronger than ever.

That could be the case for many of this year's top 20 free agents, listed herein from top to bottom and chosen according to recent production and potential future impact, with destination predictions for each.