NBA Free Agency: 5 best free agents left after Day 5

#1 Clint Capela

Houston Rockets v Utah Jazz - Game Four

Capela is the most successful free agent from the 2017-18 season to still not agree terms for a new contract. He averaged career-best marks in points (13.9 per game), rebounds (10.8 per game), field goal percentage (65.2%), blocks (1.9 per game) and PER (24.9).

He finished second in the voting for Most Improved Player honours. It was his dominant two-way play that powered the Rockets to a 65-17 record, as he meshed perfectly in the role of a roll man alongside Chris Paul and James Harden.

If you thought his regular season campaign was impressive, he took it up a notch in the playoffs. In rounds 1 and 2, the 6'11" center outplayed Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert over the course of 10 games. There was a period in Game 4 of the Conference Semifinals when Capela swatted out 5 shots in the last couple of minutes.

Against the Warriors as well, Capela defended Curry on switches about as well as one could expect any big man in the league to. The Rockets should do their utmost to keep him around.