This fall, Serge Ibaka comes to the end of his contract of 65 million over three years and the interior of the Raptors should be very much courted during this free agency which is not full of big names.
And for good reason: how many teams would like to attract the services of the 31-year-old international, author of 15.4 points and 8.2 rebounds last year with a nice 39% at 3-points, champion in 2019, and who has played over 800 NBA games including 124 in the playoffs?
If there is still a good chance that he will extend to the Raptors, Heavy.com draws up a non-exhaustive list of the teams that would have an eye on the file: the Heat, the Celtics, the Mavericks, the Blazers, the Clippers and the Lakers, who would be particularly interested in his profile to accompany Anthony Davis and JaVale McGee in the racket, the two “big men” under contract for next year, the latter being able to test the market if he withdraws its “player option” at 4.2 million dollars.
It remains to know the salary expectations of the Congolese who, at 31 and with these statistics, can claim a substantial check that not all will be able to offer him.
Thus, the Lakers cannot offer him more than their « mid-level exception », or $ 9.8 million. An amount they were considering placing on two or three players.
Mid-level exception : envelope of 9.3 million dollars available to recruit all NBA franchises that do not pay luxury tax. They can use it on one or more players. A team that pays the luxury tax only has 5.7 million. This is the punishment for being already above the limit set for the luxury tax.
| Serge Ibaka | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2009-10 | OKC | 73 | 18 | 54.3 | 50.0 | 63.0 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 2010-11 | OKC | 82 | 27 | 54.3 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 9.9 |
| 2011-12 | OKC | 66 | 27 | 53.5 | 33.3 | 66.1 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 9.1 |
| 2012-13 | OKC | 80 | 31 | 57.3 | 35.1 | 74.9 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 13.2 |
| 2013-14 | OKC | 81 | 33 | 53.6 | 38.3 | 78.4 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 15.2 |
| 2014-15 | OKC | 64 | 33 | 47.6 | 37.6 | 83.6 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 14.3 |
| 2015-16 | OKC | 78 | 32 | 47.9 | 32.6 | 75.2 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 12.6 |
| 2016-17 * | All Teams | 79 | 31 | 48.0 | 39.1 | 85.6 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 14.9 |
| 2016-17 * | ENT | 56 | 31 | 48.8 | 38.8 | 84.6 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 15.1 |
| 2016-17 * | TOR | 23 | 31 | 45.9 | 39.8 | 88.2 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 14.2 |
| 2017-18 | TOR | 76 | 28 | 48.3 | 36.0 | 79.7 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 12.6 |
| 2018-19 | TOR | 74 | 27 | 52.9 | 29.0 | 76.3 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 15.0 |
| 2019-20 | TOR | 55 | 27 | 51.2 | 38.5 | 71.8 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 15.4 |
| Total | 808 | 29 | 51.4 | 36.0 | 75.8 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 12.6 | |
