Alex Len

[...] Legitimately good players were available for low prices. Some stand-out examples include Lopez (who took only a bi-annual exception for one year from Milwaukee, quite the pay cut from his $22,642,350 last season), O'Quinn (who did not deliberately opt out of a $4,256,250 one year player option just to sign a one year $4,449,000 but found he had little choice), Alex Len (who signed a mere two year, $8.5 million contract with the team closest to his own name despite how good he was at times last year) and Nurkic (a restricted free agent post player like Capela, who, like Capela, seemingly drew no significant-enough offers from other teams). And some got even less attention than that - after being waived by the Pacers, Al Jefferson went to China, while Lucas Nogueira has not signed at all. Which might explain why he has changed agency.[...]

Alex Len
C, 7’1, 260lbs, 24 years old, 4 years of experience

Improvements across the board. Marginal improvements, sometimes very marginal improvements, but improvements nonetheless. Rebounding rate went up, block percentage went up, turnovers came down, true shooting percentage a career high. Still cannot consistently make a mid-range jump shot, and still tries, but maybe that part will come. His ability to make shots around the basket that aren’t dunks did improve, showing more poise and strength than before. And his size was no less imposing around the rim even if he is not the greatest rim protector with it. Len is a fairly traditional centre, and a fairly solid one, if a fairly unremarkable one. He would be a good back-up, although it is impossible to deny that Williams has outplayed him.

Player Plan: Entering restricted free agency. He is an NBA calibre centre, but probably only ever as a backup or peaking as a Mason Plumlee type. Try to re-sign him, but if a big amount comes in, he might have to be let go.