Technically, the NBA free agency period was scheduled to open at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Monday. In actuality, it has been rolling along. LeBron James has already opted in to a $52.6 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers for this coming season,

NBA free agency is officially here. Players were legally allowed to begin negotiating with teams across the league as of Monday evening, which means there will be a flurry of activity this week. But many of the biggest names who could've been part of the free-agent pool stayed put without testing the waters.